Transnational Families

Transnational Families

To increase your ability to articulate in writing a critical perspective on a contemporary global issue using evidence as support, you will write 1250 word paper focused on transnational families and poverty, incorporating evidence from the textbook, Sacrificing families: Navigating laws, labor, and love across borders, and at least one additional source. Your paper should explain the relationships among gender, poverty and immigration, using El Salvador and the United States as a case example.

Instructions
Your paper should contain the following sections:

Introduction:
Begin your paper with a discussion of the worldwide division of labor and how El Salvador and the United States fit into the global stratification system.

How has the history and social context of El Salvador helped to push it’s citizens out of the country? How have U.S. policies encouraged and discouraged Salvadorian migration?
End this section with an organizing thesis or question.

Body of the paper (no section headings are required):
Describe the gendered nature of immigration. How are motherhood and fatherhood understood in El Salvador, and how do these beliefs influence the reasons for why mothers and fathers migrate to the United States? How do mothers and fathers fare in the United States (include examples related to their physical, social and financial well-being). How do gendered expectations of the parenting role influence how much mothers and fathers send back to their families in El Salvador?

How do U.S. immigration policies and workforce practices influence the experiences mothers, fathers, and their transnational families have? Be sure to discuss the varieties of experiences parents have both in their journeys to the United States, their abilities to return to El Salvador, and their ability to provide for their families.
What are the consequences of migration for children, parents, and extended families?

Conclusion:
Provide your analysis of whether family separation is worth it, providing examples for your reasoning.