Recession Without Borders: Mexican Migrants Confront the Economic Downturn

by David Scott Fitzgerald (Editor), Rafael Alarcón, Leah Muse-orlinoff

How has the current US economic crisis affected Mexicans on both sides of the border? This volume answers that question, drawing on a 2010 study of the migrant source community of Tlacuitapa, Jalisco, and its satellite communities in Oklahoma City and the San Francisco Bay Area. A survey of 830 adults and scores of in-depth interviews yield a rich picture of not only how migrants and their families in Mexico are managing with fewer dollars, but also how US immigration and economic policies affect their everyday lives.

152 pages, Paperback

Published November 30, 2010