Frontera Norte

Attention to Migrant Children and Adolescents in Sonora: Experiences from CSOs and the State

Francisco J. Landeros Jaime — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The objective of this article is to analyze the experiences in caring for migrant children and adolescents on the northern border of Mexico based on the work carried out by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and a Social Assistance Center (CAS) in the state of Sonora, which in turn allows the identification of the main problems faced by the international migration in its transit through this state. From a qualitative methodology that includes interviews, analysis of government documents, and ethnographic work carried out in shelters between 2020 and 2022, it is observed that the main factors affecting the integral care for migrant children and adolescents are the detention by agents of the National Institute of Migration (INM), the dismantling of the State regarding the activities carried out by CSOs, the lack of economic resources for the organizations themselves, and the deficiencies in care models.

The The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Border Crossing. Commuters and Performative Border in the Californias

Carlos Armenta Álvarez, Luis Escala Rabadán — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This article aims to describe and explain, from the perspective of Cultural Sociology, how the commuter population in the urban border region of Baja California employs different strategies for presenting themselves at the ports of entry into the United States. This text is based on in-depth interviews conducted between 2020 and 2022 with different active cross-border people who use their temporary visitor visas to work in the United States and reside in Tijuana and Mexicali, Baja California. The research shows the importance of cultural elements such as social performance to explain this population’s dynamics of cross-bordering in this region.

Working Conditions of Women Scientist in a Peripheral Mexican Higher Education Institution

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Recently, there has been a trend of feminization in the educational and professional fields. Such tendency has been considered a step towards gender equality. However, its significance in the overall quality of life for Mexican women has been narrowly evaluated. This article analyses diverse factors impacting the overall labor conditions of Mexican scientists (male and female) at a peripheral institution, as well as in their chances of being excluded from the Sistema Nacional de Investigadoras e Investigadores, as a mean to highlight the vulnerabilities of the female Mexican scientists geolocated outside the core of the educational system. For this, 140 surveys were applied: their results demonstrate the extent to which the distribution of academic work still responds to a traditional sexual division, negatively impacting the inclusion, in disadvantaged conditions with high social costs, of women in the scientific field.

Factores que determinan la probabilidad de que los migrantes centroamericanos irregulares residan en Estados Unidos

David Richard Ravaux, Magin Zúñiga Estrada — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Este artículo tiene como objetivo estudiar los factores que han favorecido el ingreso y la residencia irregular en Estados Unidos de migrantes provenientes del Triángulo Norte de Centroamérica durante el período 2016-2019. Las probabilidades de éxito se estimaron con datos de la Encuesta sobre Migración en la Frontera Sur de México, y se corrió un modelo de regresión logística binomial para probar las cuatro hipótesis planteadas en torno a los factores que determinan el éxito de los migrantes en dicho trayecto. Los resultados muestran que características individuales como los rasgos sociodemográficos (país de origen, sexo, edad, nivel educativo), el dominio del idioma inglés, la posesión de capital de red y las decisiones personales de los migrantes determinan significativamente si estos lograrán o no llegar y residir en Estados Unidos.

Impacto del programa Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro en los homicidios dolosos en México

José Andrés Sumano Rodríguez, Luis Alberto Reyes Figueroa — Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

En la presente investigación se analiza el impacto del programa Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro (JCF), implementado en México a partir de 2019 con el fin de ofrecer capacitación subsidiada a personas desempleadas y no escolarizadas que están en riesgo de involucrarse en actividades delictivas orientadas a cometer homicidios dolosos. Se analizaron series de tiempo interrumpidas con y sin grupo de control para evaluar si los cambios en el nivel y la tendencia de los homicidios dolosos están relacionados con la implementación del programa. Dicho análisis se complementó con modelos de regresión lineal para evaluar transversalmente el impacto del programa. Los resultados indican que, pese a observarse una reducción en el nivel y la tendencia de los homicidios dolosos a nivel nacional después de la implementación del programa JCF, el análisis por entidad sugiere que tales reducciones podrían atribuirse a otros factores.

Tijuana White: Drugs, Culture and Despair in the Fentanyl Era

Rafael Alarcón Medina, Jaime Adrian Rivas Valenzuela — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This paper addresses the relationships between drugs and culture in the fentanyl era in the city of Tijuana, on Mexico’s northern border, based on a review of newspapers, an analysis of governmental videos on addiction prevention, and ethnographic material. Drawing on the work of Michel Aglietta and others, we propose the existence of an addiction regime that (re)produces discourses on substance use and its institutional treatment, generating a contentious language regulating the forms of signification around drugs, and the diverse fashions in which the state manages populations involved in the drug economy, particularly in social contexts where structural conditions of despair prevail.

Capability of Manufacturing Exports to Generate Domestic Employment and Value Added in North America, 1995-2020

Brenda Murillo Villanueva, Yolanda Carbajal Suárez — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The aim of this study is to estimate the employment and domestic value added generated by manufacturing exports in North America countries between 1995 and 2020. To achieve this, a multi-regional input-output model is applied, utilizing data from the Trade in Value-Added (TiVA-OECD) and Trade in Employment (TiM-OECD) databases. The results indicate that economies engage in manufacturing activities with different inputs to domestic indicators. In Mexico, exports are generators of employment, in the United States, they contribute to domestic value-added, and in Canada, the composition is intermediate. It is concluded that developed countries (the U.S. and Canada) participate in stages of greater generation of domestic value added. The originality and contribution of this document lies in the application of a widely used method for the analysis of the decomposition of value added to the employment variable.

Planning and Quality of Green Areas in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua

María de Lourdes Romo Aguilar, Lina Ojeda-Revah, Juan Diego Maldonado Marín — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In Mexico, urban green areas are usually viewed as a recreational space, however, little attention is paid to their quality. In Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua there is a deficit of these spaces, and only a few are maintained. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to analyze the number, spatial distribution, and quality of urban green areas in relation to territorial planning using the Physical Activity Resource Assessment Instrument, and the Community Park Audit Tool. The findings show that the lack of planning for green areas results in a lack of equipment, poor quality of service, high levels of insecurity and incivility, as well as a lag for certain sectors of the population. Based on these results, the goal is to provide quality elements for planning in order to have an impact beyond considering the green areas as just a number.

Are Maquiladora Localities Ready to Implement Industry 4.0?

Eduardo Arriola Ruiz, Redi Gomis Hernández, Jorge Carrillo — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This article analyzes and compares the knowledge and implementation of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies in maquiladoras in Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez through a descriptive quantitative approach. Online surveys were conducted with manufacturing sector workers to assess their familiarity with and practical application of 19 specific technologies. The results show that, while knowledge levels are moderate, practical adoption of these technologies remains limited, with Ciudad Juárez showing a slight advantage. The findings highlight the importance of improving I4.0 training to enable more effective implementation and support technological transformation in these border regions. Although the study's geographical scope is limited, it is recommended that future research encompass a wider diversity of industrial contexts. This research contributes to the understanding of the transition towards I4.0 and provides valuable insights for designing policies aimed at technological training in the sector.