Policy Shocks
On the Legal Auspices of Latin American Migration to the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5741797 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fernando Riosmena (0000-0003-2865-6282, Population Program, Institute of Behavioral Science, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 630 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 270-293 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716210368113 |
| PMID | 21921965 |
| PMCID | PMC3172205 |
| OpenAlex | W2073319993 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 56 |
This article compares the transition into legal permanent residence (LPR) of Mexicans, Dominicans, and Nicaraguans. Dominicans had the highest likelihood of obtaining such residence, mostly sponsored by parents and spouses. Mexicans had the lowest LPR transition rates and presented sharp gender differentials in modes: women were found to be mostly legalized through husbands, while men were sponsored by their parents or through provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Nicaraguans stood in between, presenting few gender differences in rates and modes of transition and a heavy dependence on asylum and special provisions in immigration legislation. These patterns are found to stem from the interplay of conditions favoring the emigration of, and the specific immigration policy context faced by, migrant pioneers; the influence of social networks in reproducing the legal character of flows; and differences in the actual use of kinship ties as sponsors. The implications of these trends on the observed gendered patterns of migration from Latin America are discussed
Context (archaeology) · Demographic economics · Economics · Emigration · Geography · Immigration · Immigration policy · Immigration reform · Kinship · Latin Americans · Legislation · Political science · Residence · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
The Legal Landscape of U.S. Immigration
Migration to and from Latin America
Migration and parental absence
The form and evolution of international migration networks, 1990–2015
Courting Migrants
Undocumented Dominican Migration
Legal status history, gender, and the health of Latino immigrants in the US
Pathways to El Norte
Indigenous Places and the Making of Undocumented Status in Mexico-US Migration
Negative Acculturation and Nothing More? Cumulative Disadvantage and Mortality during the Immigrant Adaptation Process among Latinos in the United States
Explaining the Immigrant Health Advantage
The Effects of Gendered Social Capital on U.S. Migration
The Precarious Position of Latino Immigrants in the United States
Transition Shocks and Emigration Profiles in Latin America
The Potential and Limitations of Cross-Context Comparative Research on Migration
Who Goes Next? The Gendered Expansion of Mexican and Senegalese Migrant Sibling Networks in Space and Time
Gendered Consequences
Gender inequality in immigrants' mental health
Border Enforcement and Return Migration by Documented and Undocumented Mexicans
Prospects for the comparative study of international migration using quasi-longitudinal micro-data
Cruel Optimism
The Puerto Rican nation on the move
The Effect of Naturalization on Wage Growth
Patterns of U.S. Migration from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors
Border games
Return to Aztlan
Migraciones internacionales
Immigrant America
Networks in the Modern Economy
Between Two Islands
Undocumented Latin American Immigrants and U.S. Health Services
Migration from Nicaragua
The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move
Intended and initial settlement patterns of recent immigrants to the U.S., 1985–1990
Current Trends and Patterns of Female Migration
International Migration, International Relations and Foreign Policy
Changing Flags
International Migration, International Relations and Foreign Policy
The Changing Legal Status Distribution of Immigrants
Sponsors, Sponsorship Rates and the Immigration Multiplier
Explaining Immigrant Naturalization
Current Trends and Patterns of Female Migration
Changing Flags
Measuring Undocumented Migration
Explaining Immigrant Naturalization
Sponsors, Sponsorship Rates and the Immigration Multiplier
Pathways to legal immigration
Naturalization of U.S. Immigrants
On the auspices of female migration from Mexico to the United States
Family reunification and the immigration multiplier
The limits to cumulative causation
The new labor market
Economic opportunity in mexico and return migration from the United States
Political Orientations and Naturalization Among Latino and Latina Immigrants
Citizenship Lessons from the Past
Transnationalism and Leisure
International Migration and Gender in Latin America
Immigration Policy and Employment Conditions of US Immigrants from Mexico, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic1
Overtaken by Events. The Dominican Crisis from the Fall of Trujillo to the Civil War
U.S. Policy toward Haitian Boat People, 1972-93
Good Intentions Gone Awry
Caribbean Diasporas
What's Driving Mexico-U.S. Migration? A Theoretical, Empirical, and Policy Analysis
Politics or Economics? International Migration during the Nicaraguan Contra War
US Border Enforcement and the Net Flow of Mexican Illegal Migration
For Love or Money? Welfare Reform and Immigrant Naturalization
Overtaken by Events. The Dominican Crisis from the Fall of Trujillo to the Civil War
Liminal Legality
Social Capital and International Migration
The emergence of protective citizenship in the USA
Ethnicity and naturalization
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |