Parent-Child Separation and Plans for Family Reunification after Deportation to Mexico from the United States

• Autores: Erin Randle Hamilton, Paola Langer, Claudia Masferrer
• Localización: Migraciones Internacionales, ISSN 1665-8906, ISSN-e 2594-0279, Nº. 16, 2025
• Idioma: español
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  • El objetivo del artículo es analizar cómo las familias planean reorganizarse tras la separación forzada de padres e hijos utilizando datos de encuestas que cuantifican los planes de reunificación de padres deportados de Estados Unidos a México entre 2015 y 2019. Se utilizan registros administrativos estadounidenses y datos de la Encuesta sobre Migración en la Frontera Norte de México para estimar el número de adultos mexicanos deportados que fueron separados de sus hijos y sus planes de reunificación. Durante este período, hubo entre 97000 y 105000 adultos mexicanos que fueron deportados y separados de sus hijos menores de edad en Estados Unidos. De estos,39 por ciento planeaba permanecer separado,20 por ciento reunificarse en EE.UU. y11 por ciento planeaba reunificarse en México. Además, se discute la necesidad de una mayor discrecionalidad judicial en las audiencias de deportación para proteger el bienestar de los menores migrantes.

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