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Historicity, massiveness, and [geographic] vicinity are the three main characteristics that have made Mexican international migration a particular social phenomenon, different from other displacements heading for the U.S., because the conjugation of these three components defines the Mexican migratory flow as a massive and centennial social process, which in a context of vicinity has instituted a dynamical and changing phenomena, which nevertheless at the same time has been permanent, constant and historical.
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Humanitarian visas were first granted under the “Grandparents’ Program” (now called “Family Reunion”). The objective of this policy was to allow adults over 50 years of age to obtain one stay in the U.S. that could last for 30 days, or 3 or 6 months.
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The concept of temporary disengagement from migration is posited on the basis of findings obtained through in-depth interviews. The aim is to suggest that international migration as a life strategy has not been discarded by households in Las Vueltas, but that migratory flows and decisions to migrate have shifted to a kind of “holding pattern”. Potential migrants now evaluate the risks, costs, and insecurity involved in venturing to cross the border and enter the U.S. without legal papers in a time of economic crisis and anti-migrant hostility.
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According to CONEVAL (2010), income-related poverty is classified by the following three thresholds: (A) Alimentary poverty, which includes households with a per capita income that is insufficient to satisfy the alimentary needs established in the so-called “food basket” (canasta alimentaria); (B) Poverty of capacities, those households with a per capita income below what is required to satisfy the basic consumption pattern for food, health care and education; and, (C) Patrimonial poverty, those households with a per capita income below that necessary to cover the basic consumption pattern food, clothing and shoes, dwelling, health care, and transport.
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Jardón Hernández, A.E. (2017). Changes and Continuities in the International Migratory Dynamics of Las Vueltas: Transition Toward a New Migratory Phase?. In: International Migration and Crisis. SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43898-6_3
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