Deporting fathers: involuntary transnational families and intent to remigrate among Salvadoran deportees
Abstract
One-fourth of deportees from the United States are parents of US-citizen children. We do not know how separation from families affects remigration among deportees, who face high penalties given unlawful reentry. We examined how family separation affects intent to remigrate among Salvadoran deportees. The majority of deportees with children in the United States were also separated from their spouse, and the vast majority had US-citizen children. Family separation was the single most important factor affecting intent to remigrate. We interpret these findings in light of immigration policy debates.
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One in four deportees is a parent of a U.S. citizen, and between 2009 and 2015, approximately 500,000 parents were deported and separated from their children who remained in the U.S.
“One in four deportees is a parent of a U.S. citizen (29), and between 2009 and 2015, ~500,000 parents were deported and separated from their children who remained in the U.S. (30).”
From Deported Men's and Father's Perspective: The Impacts of Family Separation on Children and Families in the U.S. (2020) · cites this paper as [29]
Immigration policies treat migrants who re-enter the U.S. as criminals and migrants may be incarcerated if detected in the country after having received a ban.
“immigration policies treat migrants who re-enter the U.S. as criminals and migrants may be incarcerated if detected in the country after having received a ban (29).”
From Deported Men's and Father's Perspective: The Impacts of Family Separation on Children and Families in the U.S. (2020) · cites this paper as [29]
In a sample of Salvadoran fathers, 52.5% intended to return to the U.S. despite the possibility of incarceration.
“However, in a sample of Salvadoran fathers, 52.5% intended to return to the U.S. despite the possibility of incarceration (29).”
From Deported Men's and Father's Perspective: The Impacts of Family Separation on Children and Families in the U.S. (2020) · cites this paper as [29]
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- Authors
- Cardoso, J. B., Hamilton, E. R., Rodriguez, N., Eschbach, K., & Hagan, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Houston (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- University of Texas at Austin
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Venue
- International Migration Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2016-03
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 197-230
- ISSN
- 0197-9183 (ISSN-L)
- 1747-7379
- OpenAlex
- W2027912059
- Cited by
- 97
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 15.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Migration Review (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Ford Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Immigration Law and Human Rights
- Keywords
- deportation, family separation, return migration, transnational families, immigration policy, undocumented immigrants
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