Deporting Fathers: Involuntary Transnational Families and Intent to Remigrate among Salvadoran Deportees |
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| Authors: | Jodi Berger Cardoso Erin Randle Hamilton Nestor Rodriguez Karl Eschbach Jacqueline Hagan |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Houston;2. University of California, Davis;3. University of Texas at Austin;4. University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston;5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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| Abstract: | One‐fourth of deportees from the United States are parents of US‐citizen children. We do not know how separation from families affects remigration among deportees, who face high penalties given unlawful reentry. We examined how family separation affects intent to remigrate among Salvadoran deportees. The majority of deportees with children in the United States were also separated from their spouse, and the vast majority had US‐citizen children. Family separation was the single most important factor affecting intent to remigrate. We interpret these findings in light of immigration policy debates. |
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