Kinship Ties of Mexican Migrant Women on the United States/Mexico Border.

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    • Subject Terms:
      MEXICAN-American Border Region; MEXICO; UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      The article presents a study related to the kinship ties of Mexican migrant women on the U.S.-Mexico border. Evidence that immigrants are involved in supportive kin relationships comes primarily from two sources namely patterns of coresidence and remittances. In focusing on the kinship networks of recent immigrant women, it is assumed that their decisions to migrate North are made as individuals connected to one another in stable kinship networks, with ties of varying complexity and strength. The objectives of the present study were to explore the processual impact of migration on kin members, particularly the content of ties, on sending and receiving kin networks.