David Spener, 'Clandestine Crossings:  Migrants and Coyotes on the Texas-Mexico Border'

Sellers, Laura M.

doi:10.15695/amqst.v9i1-2.3641

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“…On the other hand, it is necessary to consider the existence of false coyotes , people who do not intend to take migrants to the agreed destination, but to cheat, rob, assault them, etc. (Spener, 2009).…”

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Robbery victimization of Mexican migrants while crossing the border

Cantalapiedra

Campos

2023

International Migration

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We analyse the factors associated with Mexican migrants being victims of robbery or assault while crossing the US–Mexico border, based on an analytical model of the victimization of migration in transit. Drawing on Emif Norte survey, we analyse the prevalence of victimization of robbery or assault to migrants according to migrant's sociodemographic characteristics as well as the journey characteristics, and we use a logistic regression model to assess the way in which such characteristics are associated with being victim of that crime. Findings suggest that migrants who crossed through Tamaulipas and those who hired coyotes in transit or at the border have higher odds of being robbed or assaulted, in contrast, the individual sociodemographic characteristics and crossing with family/friends are not associated with being robbed or assaulted.

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Section: Analytical Framework Of the Victimization Of Mexicans Migran...mentioning

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Robbery victimization of Mexican migrants while crossing the border

Cantalapiedra

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2023

International Migration

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“…According to immigration authorities and international organizations, coyotes frequently victimize their "clients" and abandon them to their fate in places where their lives are in danger (Díaz Ferraro et al 2020). For their part, migrants expect coyotes to facilitate the clandestine crossing of territories and borders, as well as to minimize risks along the way, including crime (Bhabha and Zard 2006;Spener 2009;Palacios 2017b;Cortés 2018). The specialized academic literature on coyotaje warns about the risks of hire with coyotes: abandonment, deception, sexual assault, robbery, and assault (Zazueta 1983;Slack and Whiteford 2011;Freedman 2016b;Izcara Palacios 2017a, 2017bUNODC 2020); but it also highlights that the source of income of the coyotes depends on a reputation they must build by complying with the agreements they establish with migrants and effectively safeguarding migrant "clients."…”

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Criminal Victimization of Central American Migrants in Transit Through Mexico

Cantalapiedra

2022

International Migration Review

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This article examines the factors associated with robbery or assault victimization for Central American migrants in transit through Mexico to the United States. A theoretical model of victimization of transit migrants is developed. Drawing on the Survey on Migration in the Southern Border of Mexico 2018 and 2019, a descriptive and logistic regression analysis is carried out to analyze how migrants’ sociodemographic characteristics and journey characteristics are associated with victimization events. The article shows that migrants who used trains and trucks and who received support from assistance networks (e.g., migrant shelters) had higher relative odds of being robbed or assaulted, whereas migrants who hired coyotes had lower relative odds of being victimized. The findings of this work highlight the usefulness of surveys conducted on migrants after deportation to analyze the victimization that international migrants suffer during their dangerous journeys across borders and territories.

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“…The relationship between migration agents and the state has been a matter of debate among scholars. Some argue that the migration business entrepreneurs erase the international borders by circumventing the legal barriers (Harney, 1977;Spaan, 1994), while others conceive of the state as having ultimate control over the border (Spener, 2009a(Spener, , 2009b. By defining the intermediaries as entrepreneurs in 'Migration Industry', Hernandez-Leon (2008) argues for a fundamental role of both sending-and receiving-states that shape 'the contours of the migration industry, the rise and fall of particular types of entrepreneurs and activities, and the social organisation of services offered to sojourners and the employers of immigrants labor' (p. 156).…”

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“…Peck (1996) observes how agents manipulated the legal restrictions to bring Italian migrants to the USA between 1885 and 1925. More recently, Singer and Massey (1998) and Spener (2009aSpener ( , 2009b identify increasing operations of the coyotes 1 with extended border control initiatives along the USA-Mexico border. Other scholars recognise legal obstructions to enter the destination countries as creating opportunities for agents to develop migration business (Collyer, 2005;Griffin, 2005).…”

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Enemy or ally: migrants, intermediaries and the state in Bangladeshi migration to Japan and the United States

Mahmud

2013

Migration and Development

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Migration scholars are becoming increasingly concerned about migrants' exploitation by intermediaries and the state's regulatory power on these intermediaries. This study looks at Bangladeshi migration to Japan and the USA and examines the relationships among migrants, agents and the state. To comprehend the migrant's perspective, an ethnographic methodology is adopted to conduct fieldwork among Bangladeshis in Tokyo and Los Angeles. Several findings contradict the tenets of market-based approach to migration agent's business: that the agents may develop migration business out of legal procedures to enter the destination countries, and that the agents provide useful services to both the migrants and the state. Thus, it argues that migration agents and the states are not always competing with one another, but can be mutual beneficiaries. It also finds that migrants affect the agents by influencing their business reputation. Thus, it argues that the migrants are not powerless vis-à-vis the agents, but rather have ability to hold the agents do business responsibly. Therefore, it urges for re-conceptualising the relationships among the migrants, agents and the state.

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David Spener, 'Clandestine Crossings: Migrants and Coyotes on the Texas-Mexico Border'

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Robbery victimization of Mexican migrants while crossing the border

Robbery victimization of Mexican migrants while crossing the border

Criminal Victimization of Central American Migrants in Transit Through Mexico

Enemy or ally: migrants, intermediaries and the state in Bangladeshi migration to Japan and the United States

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