ABSTRACT

Drawing on random surveys of over 1,100 recently repatriated unauthorized Mexican migrants (the Migrant Border Crossing Study), we examine the relationships between individual-level factors and unauthorized migrants’ intended US destinations. We offer a novel approach for measuring a qualitatively distinct dimension of social ties relevant to the migration process: ties to family members with US citizenship. We find that social ties in respondents’ intended destinations and familial connections to US citizens are both significantly associated with variations in destination intentions. Ultimately, our results reveal how characteristics of social ties can differentially pattern a migration-related outcome.

摘要

根据对最近被遣返的1100多名墨西哥未授权移民进行的随机调查（移民边境研究），我们研究了个人因素与未授权移民到美国的预期目的地之间的关系。我们提供了一种新颖的方法来衡量与移民过程相关的社会纽带在质量上与众不同的方面：与具有美国公民身份的家庭成员的纽带。我们发现，受访者的预期目的地的社会纽带和与美国公民的家庭联系都与目的地意图的变化密切相关。最终，我们的结果揭示了社会纽带的特征如何能够以不同方式塑造与移民相关的结果。