US-Mexico mixed migration in an age of deportation: An inquiry into the transnational circulation of violence

Refugee Survey Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Boehm, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deportation; Mexico; Mixed migration; United States; Violence

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; REFUGEE; VIOLENCE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952060969     PISSN: 10204067     EISSN: 1471695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rsq/hdq042     Document Type: Article

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