Policy shocks: On the legal auspices of Latin American migration to the United States

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 630, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 270-293

  Riosmena, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominican Republic; Gender; International migration; Latin America; Legal migration; Legalization; Mexico; Nicaragua; Permanent residence; Undocumented migration; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954233271     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716210368113     Document Type: Article

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