dc.contributor.advisor	Alves, Rosental C.	en
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Timms, Ed	en
dc.creator	Murguia, Blanca Lucia	en
dc.creator.orcid	0000-0002-6034-621X	en
dc.date.accessioned	2015-11-10T19:50:21Z	en
dc.date.available	2015-11-10T19:50:21Z	en
dc.date.issued	2015-05	en
dc.date.submitted	May 2015	en
dc.date.updated	2015-11-10T19:50:21Z	en
dc.description	text	en
dc.description.abstract	The report focuses on the experiences of three undocumented Mexican women who fled to the United States because of political persecution and economic insecurity in their home country. The purpose is to humanize the struggles, persecutions, and dangers that five million undocumented women living in the U.S. face coming from Mexico and Central America. Not only are they escaping countries that offer them little or no protections, their status as undocumented women working in the U.S. makes them vulnerable to exploitation, rape, and economic disparity. They seek a better future, not for themselves, but for their children. But the discord on Immigration Reform, the demand for low-wage labor, and the lack of legal protections in the U.S. keep these women afraid, oppressed, and in hiding.	en
dc.description.department	Journalism and Media	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier	doi:10.15781/T2H05M	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2152/32383	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Undocumented women	en
dc.subject	Women	en
dc.subject	Shadows	en
dc.subject	Persecution	en
dc.subject	Exploitation	en
dc.subject	Danger	en
dc.subject	Mexico	en
dc.subject	Central America	en
dc.subject	Mexican women	en
dc.subject	El Paso	en
dc.subject	Juarez	en
dc.subject	Violent danger	en
dc.subject	Economic insecurity	en
dc.subject	Housekeeper	en
dc.subject	Housekeeping	en
dc.subject	Immigrants	en
dc.title	Undocumented women in the shadows	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
thesis.degree.department	Journalism	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Journalism	en
thesis.degree.grantor	The University of Texas at Austin	en
thesis.degree.level	Masters	en
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts	en

Undocumented women in the shadows

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