Desert, Detention, and Deportation: Mexican Women's Descriptions of Migration Stressors and Sources of Strength
Document Type
Article
Language
English
Publication Date
9-2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Source Publication
Health Care for Women International
Source ISSN
0739-9332
Abstract
I analyzed interviews (n = 10) of women recently deported from the United States of America to Mexico, exploring what women experienced immediately after deportation. The women who were residing in a short-term shelter in Nogales, Mexico, described their greatest stressors and sources of strength. Women identified the border crossing experience, apprehension, detention, and family separation due to deportation as stressors. Sources of strength included God and family. Irregular migration is not unique between the United States and Mexico. Women migrate in search of work, education, and safety. I offer these women's stories as exemplars and this study as one to be replicated with women in other contexts across the globe.
Recommended Citation
Belknap, Ruth Ann, "Desert, Detention, and Deportation: Mexican Women's Descriptions of Migration Stressors and Sources of Strength" (2016). College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications. 467.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/nursing_fac/467
Comments
Health Care for Women International, Vol. 37, No. 9 (September 2016): 995-1009. DOI.