The Migrant Border Crossing Study: A methodological overview of research along the Sonora–Arizona border

Martínez, Daniel E.; Slack, Jeremy; Beyerlein, Kraig; Vandervoet, Prescott; Klingman, Kristin; Molina, Paola; Manning, Shiras; Burham, Melissa; Walzak, Kylie; Valencia, Kristen; Gamboa, Lorenzo

doi:10.1080/00324728.2017.1306093

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“…A second limitation is the use of a non-probability sample, however, as discussed elsewhere (Bojorquez et al, 2022), we addressed this by sampling participants from a diversity of shelters, so we believe we had an adequate representation of migrants in these settings in the city. In order to investigate the situation of migrants in interrupted transit in Mexico, shelters are a privileged location (Martinez et al, 2017), so the method of sample selection also had its own advantages.…”

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Interrupted transit and common mental disorders among migrants in Tijuana, Mexico

Bojórquez

Sepúlveda

Lee

et al. 2022

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: Policies of migration contention can interrupt the transit of people on the move, forcing them to remain in wait in non-destination countries. This liminal condition might impact negatively on migrants’ mental health. Aims: To assess the relationship between interrupted transit and common mental disorders (CMD; symptoms of depression or anxiety), among migrants in shelters in Tijuana, Mexico. Methods: Cross-sectional survey conducted in November to December 2020 and February to April 2021. We assessed depressive symptoms with the Centers for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D-7), and symptoms of anxiety with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-2). We evaluated the association of being in interrupted transit (sent back from the United States to Mexico), as compared to having not crossed to the United States yet or planning to stay in Mexico, with having a CMD (either depressive or anxiety symptoms), as well as the association of other migration-related variables with CMD. Results: Being in interrupted transit (OR = 1.74, 95% CI [1.12, 2.71]), and having experienced violence during transit (OR = 2.50, 95% CI [1.63, 3.82]) were associated with CMD. Conclusions: Interrupted transit is a potential risk factor for mental health problems among migrants. Migration and public health policies should consider the mental health consequences of interrupted transit, and promote initiatives to address the mental health needs of migrants on the move.

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Interrupted transit and common mental disorders among migrants in Tijuana, Mexico

Bojórquez

Sepúlveda

Lee

et al. 2022

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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“…3 These laws and policies seek to ensure UAC's overall well-being and that they are informed of their rights and granted access to the US immigration courts, where they can seek asylum and other forms of relief from removal. Consistent with empirical evidence of poor treatment of adults in the custody of US immigration enforcement agencies (Sabo et al 2014;Slack et al 2015;Martínez et al 2017;Slack, Martínez, and Whiteford 2018), however, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and human rights groups have documented that CBP officials regularly violate these laws and policies, subjecting UAC to abuses and human rights violations (Appleseed 2011;GAO 2015;ACLU 2018).…”

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“…The survey instrument contained 99 questions to examine the experiences of UAC during their migration, apprehension, processing, and removal from the United States. The survey instrument and methodology were adapted from the Migrant Border Crossing Study (MBCS), which consists of two separate crosssectional studies of recently repatriated adult unauthorized Mexican migrants carried out across the US-Mexico border (Slack et al 2015;Martínez et al 2017;Slack, Martínez, and Whiteford 2018). We collected data on participants' demographic characteristics, including age, years of education, family characteristics, and region of origin.…”

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A Study and Analysis of the Treatment of Mexican Unaccompanied Minors by Customs and Border Protection

Coulter

Sabo

Martínez³

et al. 2020

Journal on Migration and Human Security

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Executive Summary The routine human rights abuses and due process violations of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have contributed to a mounting humanitarian and legal crisis along the US–Mexico border. In the United States, the treatment of UAC is governed by laws, policies, and standards drawn from the Flores Settlement, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), and CBP procedures and directives, which are intended to ensure UAC’s protection, well-being, and ability to pursue relief from removal, such as asylum. As nongovernmental organizations and human rights groups have documented, however, CBP has repeatedly violated these legal standards and policies, and subjected UAC to abuses and rights violations. This article draws from surveys of 97 recently deported Mexican UAC, which examine their experiences with US immigration authorities. The study finds that Mexican UAC are detained in subpar conditions, are routinely not screened for fear of return to their home countries or for human trafficking, and are not sufficiently informed about the deportation process. The article recommends that CBP should take immediate steps to improve the treatment of UAC, that CBP and other entities responsible for the care of UAC be monitored to ensure their compliance with US law and policy, and that Mexican UAC be afforded the same procedures and protection under the TVPRA as UAC from noncontiguous states.

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“…We draw extensively on our research on the everyday aspects and impacts of immigration enforcement in the US-Mexico border region Martínez, Slack, and Heyman 2013;Slack et al 2013;2015) and in the US interior (Abrego 2008;2011;Coleman and Stuesse 2016;Menjívar 2013;Menjívar and Abrego 2009;2012;Stuesse and Coleman 2014). To examine the criminalization of immigrants near the US-Mexico border, we draw on data collected through the first two waves of the Migrant Border Crossing Study (MBCS) (N = 415; N = 1,109), which consist of post-deportation surveys of repatriated Mexican migrants in five cities along Mexico's northern border and in Mexico City administered between 2007 and 2012 (see Martínez, Slack, and Heyman 2013;Slack et al 2013;2015;Martínez et al 2017). Qualitative research projects in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, and Atlanta with Latino migrants of various legal statuses allow us to uncover the everyday consequences of immigration policies (see Abrego n.d.;Menjívar and Abrego 2012).…”

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Making Immigrants into Criminals: Legal Processes of Criminalization in the Post-IIRIRA Era

Abrego

Coleman

Martínez

et al. 2017

Journal on Migration and Human Security

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Executive SummaryDuring a post-election TV interview that aired mid-November 2016, then President-Elect Donald Trump claimed that there are millions of so-called "criminal aliens" living in the United States: "What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, we have a lot of these people, probably two million, it could be even three million, we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate." This claim is a blatant misrepresentation of the facts. A recent report by the Migration Policy Institute suggests that just over 800,000 (or 7 percent) of the 11 million undocumented individuals in the United States have criminal records. 1 Of this population, 300,000 individuals are felony offenders and 390,000 are serious misdemeanor offenders -tallies which exclude more than 93 percent of the resident undocumented population (Rosenblum 2015, 22-24). Moreover, the Congressional Research Service found that 140,000 undocumented migrants -or slightly more than 1 percent of the undocumented population -are currently serving time in 1 These numbers are based on the assumption that "unauthorized immigrants and lawful noncitizens commit crimes at similar rates" (Rosenblum 2015, 22). However, there is research that provides good support that criminality among the undocumented is lower than for the foreign-born population overall (Rumbaut 2009;Ewing, Martínez, and Rumbaut 2015).

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The Migrant Border Crossing Study: A methodological overview of research along the Sonora–Arizona border

Cited by 15 publications

References 30 publications

Interrupted transit and common mental disorders among migrants in Tijuana, Mexico

Interrupted transit and common mental disorders among migrants in Tijuana, Mexico

A Study and Analysis of the Treatment of Mexican Unaccompanied Minors by Customs and Border Protection

Making Immigrants into Criminals: Legal Processes of Criminalization in the Post-IIRIRA Era

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