Abstract

GARCIA VAZQUEZ, Nancy Janett; GAXIOLA BAQUEIRO, Elisa Guadalupe  and  GUAJARDO DIAZ, Arnoldo. Transborder movements Mexico-United States: "Polleros" as mobility agents. CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política [online]. 2007, vol.3, n.5, pp.101-113. ISSN 1870-3569.

The human traffic networks of Latin-Americans Immigrants, managed by human traffickers or "polleros", constitute an actual social phenomenon that affects the security structures in all borders of the American continent. The objective of this research is to analyze how the impact that problems, like uneven distribution of income and the lack of job opportunities in Latin America, affect the raising of human traffic networks and "polleros". At the same time, it will be exposed the abuses that the "polleros" commit against the immigrants, and several measures that have been adopted in the international level to eradicate this problem.

Keywords : "polleros"; human traffic networks; migration; migrants; social phenomenon; security structures.

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