Undocumented Dominican Migration

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Undocumented Dominican Migration Undocumented Dominican Migration Frank Graziano University of Texas Press Austin pp. ii–iii: Photograph courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Copyright © 2013 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2013 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 http://utpress.utexas.edu/about/book-permissions ♾ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Graziano, Frank, 1955– Undocumented Dominican migration / Frank Graziano. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-72585-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Dominican Republic—Emigration and immigration. 2. Immigrants— Dominican Republic. 3. Illegal aliens—Dominican Republic. 4. Refugees— Dominican Republic. I. Title. JV7395.G73 2013 304.8097293—dc23 2012031510 doi:10.7560/725850 For the victims of hope THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Miguel 31 Across the Mona Passage 36 Orlando 79 The Culture of Migration 86 Marta 121 The Psychology of Migrant Motivation 126 Raúl 163 Border Enforcement 168 Saúl 217 Notes 223 Bibliography 271 Index 305 A Dominican navy beach station on Playa Limón ...