Vidas al Revés /Upside-Down Lives: Educational Challenges Faced by Transnational Children of Return Mexican Families. Issue 3 (3rd July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Favela, Alejandra
• Is Part Of: Journal of Latinos and education. Volume 17:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 272
• Page End: 285
• Publication Date: 2018-07-03
• Subjects: Bilingual education -- Latino/a children and families -- migration/trans-nationalism -- parent and community -- second language acquisition -- teacher preparation; Hispanic Americans -- Education -- Periodicals; Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Periodicals; Latin Americans -- Education -- Periodicals; Latin Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Periodicals; 371.82968073
• DOI: 10.1080/15348431.2017.1337576
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1534-8431

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Drastic immigration policies and economic conditions have resulted in unparalleled return rates to Mexico. Deported parents are faced with the difficult choice of leaving US-born children behind or taking them to their country of origin, where many face significant educational, cultural, and linguistic barriers. This study focuses on six families and the challenges they have faced living with undocumented status in the US, re-adjusting to life in Mexico, and the educational challenges faced by their children in both countries.