Violence and Migration on the Arizona-Sonora Border

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-101
Author(s):  
Jeremy Slack ◽  
Scott Whiteford
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Arizona Desert ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Drug Traffickers ◽  
The Individual ◽  
United States Mexico

2010 was a significant year for immigration issues along the United States-Mexico border. In April, Arizona signed the most extreme law against undocumented immigrants. In August, 72 hopeful migrants were massacred in Tamaulipas by alleged drug traffickers, and the Arizona desert claimed a record 252 lives in fiscal year 2010. These events were part of the trend that began with border militarization in the mid-1990s and escalated in the wake of 9/11, resulting in the extremely violent character of the undocumented border crossing experience. This is manifest, not only in the frequent reports of abuses by various actors along the border, but also in the consolidation of undocumented migration with the trafficking of narcotics. The authors have documented many cases of robbery, kidnapping, physical abuse, rape, and manipulation by drug traffickers. In this article, we discuss these different manifestations of violence by understanding both the structural constraints that create and characterize violence, as well as the individual reactions to the factors. The authors propose the conceptualization of “post structural violence” as a manner of enhancing the discussion of agency within and as a reaction to the structural conditions generated by border security and immigration policy.

Seeking the American Dream Along the United States – Mexico Border

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Morales ◽  
Juan Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
El Paso ◽  
The United States ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Start Time ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Transnational Students ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
American Schools ◽  
United States Mexico ◽  
K 12

Abstract Largely missing from public policy discussions on education and border crossing at the U.S. Mexico border are the experiences of transnational students. In this article, we illustrate some of the struggles of transnational students crossing from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México to El Paso, Texas, U.S.A. in pursue of an American education. These students are in K-12 and higher education and their daily commute (or almost daily) entail a start time before sunrise to cross the international port of entry to attend American schools. The majority of these students are U.S. citizens that reside on the Mexican side of the border. In this paper, we provide a glimpse into these students struggles for a U.S. education and discuss some political implications of this phenomena.

“Salía de uno y me metí en otro”: Exploring the Migration-Violence Nexus Among Central American Women

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 677-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Cook Heffron
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
The United States ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Central American ◽  
Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽  
American Women ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Political Landscapes ◽  
And Migration

Increasing numbers of Central American women cross the U.S.–Mexico border, prompting social service providers, advocates, and policy makers to investigate motivations and appropriate responses. Drawing from a constructivist grounded theory study and in-depth qualitative interviews, this article explores women’s experiences of domestic and sexual violence in relation to migration. Findings reveal interconnections across multiple and interconnecting categories of violence as precipitating factors for migration, during border-crossing, and following arrival in the United States. This study fills gaps in our understanding of the violence-migration nexus and provides direction for policy, practice, and advocacy, in the context of shifting political landscapes and migration trends.

Health Education in the Border Corridor

1991 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-29
Author(s):  
Hope Isaacs
Keyword(s):  
Infant Feeding ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
United States Mexico

Despite closely maintained familial connections and cultural traditions, the Hispanic population spanning the United States-Mexico border has diverged sharply from its traditional infant feeding practices. Successive reports document a trend away from the long-established cultural pattern of breast-feeding among Hispanic mothers. At the same time, World Health Organization reports have stimulated greater awareness among health care professionals of the positive impact of breast-feeding on infant health rates in Third World countries. This paper describes a multistage project undertaken by a binational team of nursing professionals and an anthropologist. Project goals were to research, design, and implement a mode of intervention which would encourage better management of infant feeding and which could be clinically applied on both the Mexican and U.S. sides of the international border.

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