From Open Doors to Closed Gates: Intragenerational Reverse Incorporation in New Immigrant Destinations

• Autores: Jennifer Jones
• Localización: International migration review, ISSN 0197-9183, Vol. 53, Nº. 4, 2019, págs. 1002-1031
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Existing paradigms of immigrant incorporation fruitfully describe immigrants? upward or downward mobility across generations. Yet we know very little about intragenerational change. Drawing on a case in which upwardly mobile Latino immigrants see their gains reversed, I model what I call intragenerational reverse incorporation. In doing so, I theorize how incorporation gains can be undone through institutional closure and shifts in reception attitudes spurred by securitization and intensified immigration enforcement. Drawing on data gathered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, I show how these changes both marginalized and racialized Latino immigrants, who in turn internalized and politicized their new status.