Return Migration to La Sierra Norte: Experiences and Negotiations of Oaxacan Transnational Migrants
Abstract
Return migration is an important phenomenon that affects
migrants and their receiving and sending communities. In this
SIP, I examine qualitative data on the experience of identity
and sense of belonging of thirteen Oaxacan migrants who
have recently returned to their communities in Mexico after
living in the United States. According to Marcelo Suarez
(2000), the wave of migration of immigrants of color is a
growing topic of study that is at the heart of sociocultural
consequences of migration.