Making Los Angeles Home: The Integration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States
Rafael "Alarcon, Luis Escala, Olga Odgers, and Roger Waldinger
Abstract
This book examines the different integration strategies implemented by Mexican immigrants in the Los Angeles region. In doing so, it provides an overview of Mexican migration and integration to the United States. Relying on statistical data and ethnographic information, the book analyzes four different dimensions of the immigrant integration process (economic, social, cultural, and political) and shows that there is no single path for its achievement, but instead an array of strategies that yield different results. However, the analysis also shows that immigrants' successful integration essent ... More
This book examines the different integration strategies implemented by Mexican immigrants in the Los Angeles region. In doing so, it provides an overview of Mexican migration and integration to the United States. Relying on statistical data and ethnographic information, the book analyzes four different dimensions of the immigrant integration process (economic, social, cultural, and political) and shows that there is no single path for its achievement, but instead an array of strategies that yield different results. However, the analysis also shows that immigrants' successful integration essentially depends upon their legal status and long residence in the region. The book shows that, despite this finding, immigrants nevertheless decide to settle in Los Angeles, the place where they have made their homes.
Keywords:
integration strategies,
Mexican immigrants,
Los Angeles,
immigrant integration,
successful integration,
legal status
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780520284852 |
| Published to California Scholarship Online: September 2016 |
DOI:10.1525/california/9780520284852.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Rafael "Alarcon, author
University of California, Berkeley, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte,"
Luis Escala, author
Olga Odgers, author
Roger Waldinger, author
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