This study builds on the intergenerational family dynamics literature among mixed legal status families. Through in-depth interviews with beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) who traveled to Mexico and their undocumented parents who stayed in the United States, we uncover how their journey back to their country of birth influenced their roles within their families and the immigrant community. DACA recipients experienced feelings of guilt when traveling back to Mexico and leaving their parents behind, but they adopted a new role of family ambassador and transnational mediator. Through this experience, they developed a greater empathy toward their parents’ sacrifices and reshaped their bounded solidarity with their parents and the immigrant community. As a result, they justify a movement away from personally identifying with the traditional Dreamer narrative.

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DACA寄语的归乡：短暂返回墨西哥和混合身份拉丁裔家庭的有限团结重塑

本研究建立在混合法律地位家庭之间的代际家庭动力学文献的基础上。通过对到达墨西哥的延迟儿童行动（DACA）的受益人和留在美国的无证父母的深入采访，我们发现他们回到出生国的旅程如何影响他们在家庭和家庭中的角色。移民社区。DACA受助人返回墨西哥并离开父母后感到内，但是他们担任了家庭大使和跨国调解人的新角色。通过这次经历，他们对父母的牺牲产生了更大的共鸣，并重塑了他们对父母和移民社区的有限声援。结果是，