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Author Graziano, Frank, 1955- author.

Title Undocumented Dominican migration / Frank Graziano
Edition First edition
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Miguel -- Across the Mona Passage -- Orlando -- The Culture of Migration -- Marta -- The Psychology of Migrant Motivation -- Raúl -- Border Enforcement -- Saúl
Summary This is a study of boat migration from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. It brings together the interactive global, cultural, and personal factors that induce thousands of Dominicans to journey across the Mona Passage in attempts to escape chronic poverty. The book provides in-depth treatment of decision-making, experiences at sea, migrant smuggling operations, and U.S. border enforcement. It also explores several topics that are rare in migration studies. These include the psychology of migrant motivation, religious beliefs, corruption and impunity, procreation and parenting, compulsive recidivism after failed attempts, social values in relation to law, marriage fraud, and the use of false documents for air travel from Puerto Rico to the mainland United States. The author's extensive fieldwork among migrants, smugglers, and federal agencies provides an authority and immediacy that brings the reader close to the migrants' experiences. -- description from Amazon.com
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Immigrants -- Dominican Republic
Refugees -- Dominican Republic
Noncitizens -- Dominican Republic
Illegal immigration -- Dominican Republic
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Noncitizens
Illegal immigration
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Refugees
SUBJECT Dominican Republic -- Emigration and immigration
Subject Dominican Republic
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012031510
ISBN 029274532X
9780292745322