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The new labor market: Immigrants and wages after IRCA
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Demography (1999) 36 (2): 233–246.
Published: 01 May 1999
... of IRCA, as well as the effects of its massive legalization program. Migrants ’ wages deteriorated steadily between 1970 and 1995, but IRCA did not foment discrimination against Mexican workers per se. Rather, it appears to have encouraged greater discrimination against undocumented migrants...
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Changes in the Transnational Family Structures of Mexican Farm Workers in the Era of Border Militarization
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1429–1451.
Published: 13 September 2016
... confirm the argument that U.S. border militarization—a policy designed to deter undocumented migration—is instead disrupting transnational family life between Mexico and the United States and, in doing so, is creating a permanent population of undocumented migrants and their children in the United States...
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Playing Cat and Mouse at the U.S.-Mexican Border
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Demography (1992) 29 (2): 159–180.
Published: 01 May 1992
...Sherrie A. Kossoudji Abstract Border control and apprehension activity represents a major element of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Does apprehending an undocumented migrant deter remigration? If it does not, does it change future migration behavior? I explore these questions...
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Stemming the tide? Assessing the deterrent effects of the immigration reform and control act
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Demography (1992) 29 (2): 139–157.
Published: 01 May 1992
...Katharine M. Donato; Jorge Durand; Douglas S. Massey Abstract This study uses a new source of data to assess the degree to which the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) deterred undocumented migration from Mexico to the United States. Data were collected from migrants interviewed in seven...
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New Estimates of Undocumented Mexican Migration and the Probability of Apprehension
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Demography (1995) 32 (2): 203–213.
Published: 01 May 1995
... ). Washington, DC : Urban Institute . Espenshade T.J. ( 1994 ). Does the Threat of Apprehension Deter Undocumented U.S. Immigration? . Population and Development Review , 20 , 871 – 92 . 10.2307/2137667 Espenshade, T.J., and D. Acevedo. 1995. “Migrant Cohort Size, Enforcement Effort...
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Comment: Building a Better Underclass
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 1093–1095.
Published: 25 April 2013
... to marginalize and terrify undocumented migrants while not affecting their access to public services or influencing their migratory intentions. How long this situation persists depends very much on future policy action. Given the strong support that Latinos provided to President Obama and Senate Democrats...
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The New System of Mexican Migration: The Role of Entry Mode–Specific Human and Social Capital
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Demography (2022) 59 (3): 1071–1092.
Published: 01 June 2022
... to Mexican participation. The TN visa was created in 1994 to permit the entry of professional workers from Mexico and Canada under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The system of undocumented migration that arose after 1965 was powered by the expansion of migrant networks seeded by former...
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What is the annual net flow of undocumented mexican immigrants to the united states?
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Demography (1979) 16 (3): 417–423.
Published: 01 August 1979
... to these estimates the annual net flow ranged from 82,300 to 232,400 persons. 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1979 1979 Current Population Survey Natural Increase Undocumented Immigrant Undocumented Migrant Mexican Origin References Coale Ansley J. , & Demeny...
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Explaining the Immigrant Health Advantage: Self-selection and Protection in Health-Related Factors Among Five Major National-Origin Immigrant Groups in the United States
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Demography (2017) 54 (1): 175–200.
Published: 13 January 2017
... about legal and undocumented migrant selectivity, Mexican migrant health selection is likely to be higher than that of Dominican and, perhaps, Filipino flows, both of which are strongly driven by social capital (Grasmuck and Pessar 1991 ; Le Espiritu 1995 ) but are less likely to be undocumented...
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On the Intended and Unintended Consequences of Enhanced U.S. Border and Interior Immigration Enforcement: Evidence From Mexican Deportees
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Demography (2014) 51 (6): 2255–2279.
Published: 01 November 2014
.... , & Zemonsky , R. ( 2013 , May 21). Death rate climbs as migrants take greater risks to cross tighter borders . New York Times, p. A14. Singer , A. , & Massey , D. S. ( 1988 ). The social process of undocumented border crossing among Mexican migrants . International Migration Review...
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Return Migration to Mexico: Does Health Matter?
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Demography (2015) 52 (6): 1853–1868.
Published: 18 September 2015
... or on whether their return trips were voluntary. In light of the many stressors faced by Mexican migrants (particularly the undocumented), including risks of apprehension at the border, crossing the Sonoran desert and other harsh areas, deportation, lack of health care, lack of suitable housing and employment...
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Do amnesty programs reduce undocumented immigration? Evidence from Irca
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 437–450.
Published: 01 August 2003
... on the Wages of Mexican Migrants . Social Science Quarterly , 74 , 523 – 41 . Espenshade T.J. ( 1995 ). Using INS Border Apprehension Data to Measure the Flow of Undocumented Migrants Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Frontier . International Migration Review , 29 , 545 – 65 . 10.2307/2546793...
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Explaining the Decline in Mexico-U.S. Migration: The Effect of the Great Recession
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Demography (2014) 51 (6): 2203–2228.
Published: 19 November 2014
...), substantially undercount the number of undocumented migrants (Genoni et al. 2012 ). In this article, I use data from the Mexican National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), a nationally representative survey of Mexican households conducted quarterly, to estimate the decline in Mexico-U.S. migration from...
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The Effects of Enhanced Enforcement at Mexico’s Southern Border: Evidence From Central American Deportees
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Demography (2020) 57 (5): 1597–1623.
Published: 10 September 2020
... is particularly relevant given the surge in undocumented migration from Central America to the United States in the last decade. Yet, given the vulnerability of migrants in transit and evidence that migration enforcement is not without unintended consequences (see, e.g., Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo 2014...
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Circular, invisible, and ambiguous migrants: Components of difference in estimates of the number of unauthorized Mexican migrants in the United States
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Demography (2001) 38 (3): 411–422.
Published: 01 August 2001
.... ( 1995 ). Unauthorized Immigration to the United States . American Review of Sociology , 21 , 195 – 216 . 10.1146/annurev.so.21.080195.001211 Espenshade , T.J. ( 1995 ). Using INS Border Apprehension Data to Measure the Flow of Undocumented Migrants Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Frontier...
View articletitled, Circular, invisible, and ambiguous <span class="search-highlight">migrants</span>: Components of difference in estimates of the number of unauthorized Mexican <span class="search-highlight">migrants</span> in the United States
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Demography (2025) 62 (2): 419–439.
Published: 01 April 2025
... to longer stays of undocumented migrant populations ( Angelucci 2012 ; Kossoudji 1992 ; Massey et al. 2016 ). Moreover, stricter enforcement changed migration routes and crossing points ( Gathmann 2008 ) rather than reducing flows. Other studies have reported evidence consistent with the intuitive idea...
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View articletitled, A Deportation Boomerang? Evidence From U.S. Removals to Latin America and the Caribbean
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Economic opportunity in mexico and return migration from the United States
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Demography (1996) 33 (3): 357–374.
Published: 01 August 1996
... encourage seasonal migration. Variations in average trip duration are also associated with legal status. In Guadalupe, Michoacan, for example, Reichert and Massey (1979:613) found that undocumented migrants were likely to stay three months longer in the United States on average, than migrants...
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On the auspices of female migration from Mexico to the United States
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Demography (2001) 38 (2): 187–200.
Published: 01 May 2001
... share have been women. Only 41% of legal Mexi- can immigrants were women in 1985, but by 1995 the figure had risen to 57%. Among undocumented migrants, Massey and Cerrutti (forthcoming) report that the percentage of fe- males has risen from 11% of those leaving Mexico during 1965 1959 to 28% among those...
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Missing Minorities? The Phases of IRCA Legislation and Relative Net Undercounts of the 1990 vis-à-vis 2000 Decennial Census for Foreign-born Cohorts
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Demography (2013) 50 (5): 1897–1919.
Published: 09 May 2013
... undocumented immigrants were living, one could surmise that immigrants (particularly those arriving after 1981) were living in tense political times. Because of IRCA’s stringent policies toward undocumented migrants entering after 1981, it is hypothesized that pre-IRCA entrants who were ineligible...
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Immigration Enforcement, Parent–Child Separations, and Intent to Remigrate by Central American Deportees
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Demography (2015) 52 (6): 1825–1851.
Published: 15 October 2015
... exploit the temporal and geographic variation in immigration enforcement policies. For several decades, the United States had used what has been described as a “benign” approach to immigration enforcement: undocumented migrants were usually allowed voluntary departure and simply returned to their home...
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