Migration and rurality: motivations for the emigration of the inhabitants of the community of Neblinas (México) to the United St

Abstract

The emigration of rural dwellers from the community of Neblinas (México) to the United States (USA) has its direct implications on economic factors that do not make viable possibilities for economic or social development. Labor migration is the type of migration that generates expectations and defines the inhabitants of the community. Despite the diversity of risks they perceive, they consider undocumented migration to be their immediate option. These dilemmas are represented in a dialogic way through testimonies – from the ethnographic record made in the community – that narrate the experience of settlers who migrated to the United States and returned to the community; residents who have migrant family members in the U.S.; and villagers who wish to emigrate.