Abstract

IZCARA PALACIOS, Simón Pedro  and  ANDRADE RUBIO, Karla Lorena. Causes and impacts of the deportation of Central American immigrants from the United States to Mexico. Estud. front [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.31, pp.239-271. ISSN 2395-9134.

Over the last decade, the number of immigrants deported from the United States to Mexico based on an order of removal has nearly doubled. Not all migrants removed to Mexico are Mexican citizens, some are Central America citizens. This article, usins qualitative methods that includes indepth interviews with 75 Central American migrants who were deported from the United States, examines the causes and impacts of the deportation of Central American immigrants from United States to Mexico and concludes that these deportations led to increase in violence in Mexico.

Keywords : deportation; undocumented immigrants; Central America; United States; Tamaulipas.

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