At the intersection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Migration Trust Network and labor

Mario Javier Chavez, University of Texas at El Paso

Abstract

This study unpacks the intersection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Migration Trust Network and Labor. I use 9 in-depth qualitative interviews to address how such policies are affecting the labor acquisition and labor outcomes of DACA recipients. The Migrant trust network remained important for DACA recipients, although in a more indirect and macro-level way than described in Flores-Yeffal (2013). In particular, DACA recipients relied on the collective efficacy embedded within the community to facilitate their job search. Additional, migrant trust networks function differently according to the DACA recipients’ level of education, but to fully benefit from the advantages associated with higher education recipients must have access to the migrant trust network.

Subject Area

Social research|Sociology|Labor relations

Recommended Citation

Chavez, Mario Javier, "At the intersection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Migration Trust Network and labor" (2015). ETD Collection for University of Texas, El Paso. AAI1592907.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/dissertations/AAI1592907

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