Book Review: Leisy J. Abrego (2014), Sacrificing Families. Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love Across Borders
Journal Title: Central and Eastern European Migration Review - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Leisy J. Abrego’s book is a sociological study of Salvadoran labour migration to the United States, which focuses predominantly on life stories of migrant parents and their children who are left behind. By 2008, there were about 1 million Salvadoran immigrants in the USA. This makes Salvadorans one of the biggest immigrant groups in the USA. The empirical material behind the findings presented in the book consists of 47 interviews with Salvadoran parents living in the USA and 80 accounts collected from children who remain in El Salvador. The research presented by Abrego in Sacrificing Families. Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love Across Borders gives readers insights into the complex situation of Salvadoran families divided by space as a result of international mobility.
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Katarzyna Żółty
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