La realidad de los inmigrantes mexicanos en Estados Unidos muestra que, en los últimos años, se ha presentado una notable prevalencia a sufrir accidentes o padecer enfermedades estrechamente ligadas a su actividad laboral. Su estatus migratorio, el bajo capital humano y el desconocimiento del idioma inglés, son algunos de los elementos que orillan a los trabajadores a insertarse en actividades que ponen en riesgo su salud e integridad física. Con base en datos de la Encuesta sobre Migración en la Frontera Norte de México, se lleva a cabo un análisis descriptivo y se estiman regresiones cuantílicas para analizar la relación que existe entre el salario que perciben los trabajadores mexicanos en Estados Unidos y los accidentes o enfermedades en que incurren como resultado de su trabajo. Se observa que los mexicanos que laboran de manera legal en Estados Unidos perciben mayores salarios y sufren menos accidentes laborales que sus pares que trabajan de manera indocumentada. Además, los resultados sugieren que entre los trabajadores indocumentados existe una prima salarial por trabajar en ocupaciones riesgosas, particularmente en la parte superior de la distribución salarial.
The city of Tijuana has become a necessary stopover for thousands of migrants who, in order to avoid violence and legal complexities, must face a hostile environment. Despite the existence of the Migration Law and the Law on Refugees and Complementary Protection, both from 2011, as well as the creation of the Municipal Directorate of Attention to Migrants (DMAM) in 2015, the Law for the Attention, Protection of the Rights and Support of Migrants in the State of Baja California, enacted in 2021, and the Protocol for Attention to the Migrant Population of 2022, the resources and efforts of the local government are limited, making it difficult to achieve the stated objective of protecting the physical integrity of migrants. The objective of this paper is to explore the legal path followed by those who arrive at the southern border in pursuit of the "American dream", within the context of the violence that has grown exponentially in Mexico and the health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of this study highlight the importance of international organizations and local civil associations as valuable allies of local authorities in Tijuana.
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