Abstract
The social impacts that immigrants face in their daily lives in host communities as well as the reverse influence that immigrants have on communities when relocating is a widely studied phenomenon. However, while recent studies mainly focus on forcibly displaced populations in border cities such as Tijuana, little research has been conducted on the social and community impacts of American immigrants in Tijuana. My main research question is: How does liminality, or experiences of living betwixt and between, emerge from comings and goings of two different immigrant populations (American expats and asylum seekers from other parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America) impact daily cross-group interactions in the city of Tijuana, Mexico?
Presenters
Kathryn GarciaStudent, Master of Arts in Latin American Studies, University of California San Diego, California, United States
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2024 Special Focus—The World on the Move: Understanding Migration in a New Global Age
KEYWORDS
American Expats, Digital Nomads, Americans Abroad, Social Boundaries, Reverse Migration
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