The Others reconstructs the history of migration and naturalization of foreigners in Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century.
Despite never receiving large influxes of foreigners, paradoxically Mexico has applied particularly tight controls on migration and naturalization. Why did it choose to limit the arrival of foreigners when their numbers were so low as a proportion of the total population? In a nation riven by ethnic prejudices and with post-revolutionary governments swift to criticize racial discrimination, what can explain the strong racialization of naturalization and migration policies? First published in Spanish, this award-winning book sheds light on the origins of many migration-related problems still plaguing the Mexican government: irregular migration to the United States, the lack of any genuine control over the arrival and residence of foreigners in Mexico, immigration and naturalization red tape, the authorities’ corruption and arbitrary decisions, racism, and discrimination in its migration policy. These are all issues overlooked by historical research in Mexico and explored in depth for the first time here.
This book will be invaluable to students and scholars of Mexican history, borderland studies, and those interested in the relationship between the United States and Latin America.
Author(s): Pablo Yankelevich
Series: Latin American History in Translation
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 234
City: New York
Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Notes
1. Forging the Nation
"Improving the Race"
Race in Migration Regulations
Ideas about the Population
The Anti-Racism of Our Race
Mestizos around the World
The Postwar Scene
The Xenophobic Tendency of Our Race
Notes
2. The Migration Service: Regulatory Framework and Institutional Flaws
Institutional Designs
Migration Conventions
A New Immigration Policy?
Old and New Restrictions during and after the Second World War
A Grim Outlook
Notes
3. The Migration Business
Vectors of Corruption after the Revolution
Alcohol, Abuses, and Mistreatment
Mistreatment of Women
Gringo Visitors
Agents and Coyotes
The Chinese
The Southern Border
Opportunities Created by the Second World War
Andrés Landa y Piña
Paradigmatic Cases
Notes
4. Foreigners' Naturalization and Restricted Citizenship
Jus Soli or Jus Sanguinis
Mexicans "By Origin" and Citizen Rights
Red Tape and Regulatory Adjustments
The Vallarta Law's Replacement
Notes
5. Naturalized Mexicans: Numbers and Management
Volumes and Composition
Guatemalans
Spaniards
Places of Residence
Marital Status and Gender
Employment
Arbitrariness and Corruption
Notes
Documentary and Bibliographic References
Archives
Published Documentary Sources
Newspapers
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
