Who's crossing the border: New data on undocumented immigrants to the United States

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-26

  Weeks, John R ^a   Stoler, Justin ^a   Jankowski, Piotr ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Migration propensity; Undocumented immigrants; US Mexico border

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650642127     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.563     Document Type: Article

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