Introduction The Latino/a migration to the United States that occurred over the course of the last century was a phenomena mired in unfounded speculation because many “experts” struggled to properly explain the reasons for such massive amounts of Latino/a immigration. However, there are three central theories to explain the Latino/a migration to the United States. These three theories are the push-pull theory, structural theory, and transnational theory (Ramirez, 2016). Both the structural theory and transnational theory offer sturdy analysis of explaining the Latino/a migration to the United States. However, I argue the push-pull theory best explains the Latino/a migration to the United States because this particular theory provides a better qualitative and
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The stories written about the immigrants and their immigration experiences in Sacrificing Families illustrate this context poetically. In Sacrificing Families, Salvadoran parents (Abrego’s research subjects) migrated to the U.S. because they were pushed out due economic reasons (mothers) and political violence (fathers) (Abrego, 2014, p. 32). In Gloria’s story, Gloria told Abrego, “So, by coming [to the U.S.], the idea was that I’d work and help them all. I was not going to do anything here [in El Salvador] . . .I had nothing to hope for” (Abrego, 2014, p. 33). In Esperanza’s story her husband stopped providing for the family and she told Abrego, “ . . . I had to go around borrowing money, and I couldn’t keep doing it all the time . . . That’s why I made [the] decision [to migrate] (Abrego, 2014, p. 39). Amanda, who was better off financially and lived a more tolerable lifestyle in El Salvador than Gloria and Esperanza, lost economic support as a result of divorcing her husband and being unable to get a bank loan to support her son. She told Abrego, “But with the current economic situation, I think everyone thinks of
The stories written about the immigrants and their immigration experiences in Sacrificing Families illustrate this context poetically. In Sacrificing Families, Salvadoran parents (Abrego’s research subjects) migrated to the U.S. because they were pushed out due economic reasons (mothers) and political violence (fathers) (Abrego, 2014, p. 32). In Gloria’s story, Gloria told Abrego, “So, by coming [to the U.S.], the idea was that I’d work and help them all. I was not going to do anything here [in El Salvador] . . .I had nothing to hope for” (Abrego, 2014, p. 33). In Esperanza’s story her husband stopped providing for the family and she told Abrego, “ . . . I had to go around borrowing money, and I couldn’t keep doing it all the time . . . That’s why I made [the] decision [to migrate] (Abrego, 2014, p. 39). Amanda, who was better off financially and lived a more tolerable lifestyle in El Salvador than Gloria and Esperanza, lost economic support as a result of divorcing her husband and being unable to get a bank loan to support her son. She told Abrego, “But with the current economic situation, I think everyone thinks of