Vulnerability and (Im)mobilities: US Deportation and Post-deportation Lives Among Ecuadorian Transnational Families

Gioconda Herrera, Ulla D. Berg

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Abstract

While the literature on deportation has mainly highlighted what occurs with families who remain in destination countries after a family member’s deportation, studies on transnational families tend to focus on migrant ties with family in the country of origin. Examining the effects of deportation in the communities of origin allows us to go beyond the initial effects of separation imposed by migration to explore the consequences of the new reality of forced return for transnational families already separated by migration for many years. At the same time, we show how the deportation of one family member may also be the beginning of a new configuration of the transnational family, in which gender roles and family obligations are inadvertently transformed.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationHandbooks of Sociology and Social Research
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages299-311
Number of pages13
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

Publication series

NameHandbooks of Sociology and Social Research

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Psychology (miscellaneous)

Keywords

  • Deportation
  • Ecuador
  • Gender
  • Migration
  • Transnational family

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