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Rivera, Julius; Goodman, Paul Wershub – Migration Today, 1982
Based on interviews conducted with undocumented workers in the El Paso-Juarez (Mexico) metropolitan area, describes living and working conditions of such workers and the migration routes that they follow. Also discusses social networks among undocumented Mexican workers and recounts some of the interviewees' experiences with the U.S. Border…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Illegal Immigrants, Mexicans, Migration Patterns
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Brown, Antoinette B.; Partridge, William L. – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1987
Reports on the impact on malnutrition of Mexico's Sistema de Alementacion Mexicana (SAM) program, which tried to make the country self-sufficient in basic foods. Concludes that the food problem in Mexico is not so much one of production as it is a problem of distribution and consumption. (PS)
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Disadvantaged Environment, Financial Policy
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Contreras, Maximiliano – Equity and Excellence, 1987
Children of migrant workers spend time shifting between American and Mexican school systems. The two systems are described and compared in an effort to pinpoint differences that create difficulties for migrant children. (PS)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Mobility