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CS 159 Spring 201 Mexico, The United States, and Migration Instructor: Alex M. Saragoza

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CS 159

SPRING 201
Mexico, the United States, and Migration

Instructor: Alex M. Saragoza


Taking a historical perspective, this course examines the migration of Mexicans to the
United States, emphasizing the period since 1965 and with particular attention to the
post-1980s era. The course will delve into the political economy of the migration between
the Mexico and the United States from a transnational and global perspective, such as the
impacts of U.S.-led neoliberal policies, but also the policies of the Mexican government
which have contributed to the conditions that have induced migration to the United
States. While the lecture material will discuss the political, structural, and policy-making
aspects of Mexican migration, social and cultural implications of the transnational
processes of migration on both sides of the border will be consistently addressed.
Though the course will discuss migration from a national U.S. perspective, the state of
California will be used as the primary place of comparative reference in light of its role as
a historically major destination for Mexican immigrants. Similarly, specific regions of
Mexico will receive more in depth discussion, given their importance as major sendingareas, such as Michoacan and Oaxaca, just to name two examples. Throughout the
course, issues of gender, class, place/space, citizenship and racialization/nativism will be
taken into account.
Course outline (subject to change)
Week 1 (1/26): Introduction
Week 2 (2/2): Conceptual and Theoretical Considerations
Week 3 (2/9): The historical significance of the 1965 Immigration Act of the U.S.
Week 4 (2/23): Migration and structural shifts on both sides of the border: the
consolidation of a transnational process
Week 5 (3/2): The Neoliberal turn: the U.S., Mexico and immigration
MID-TERM EXAMINATION
Week 6 (3/9): Reaganism and the politics of immigration
Week 7 (3/16): The Transnational Outcomes of the Immigration Reform and Control Act
of 1986 (IRCA)
Week 8 (3/30): The rise of the new nativism in the USA: Proposition 187 (1994) and its
political and economic implications

Week 9 (4/6): Bush, 9/11 and the politics of immigration reform: the origins of SB1070
and its legislative progeny
Week 10 (4/13): Immigrants, the post-industrial economy, and recession
Week 11 (4/20): The politics and failure of immigration reform, 2000-2014
Week 12 (4/27): Obama, Political partisanship and the meanings of the current debate on
immigration reform
Grading and Requirements
There will be two essay examinations, a mid-term and a final exam. There will also be
two objective tests (multiple-choice, true-false, identifications) based on readings,
handouts, and visual material (not lectures). The course will have regular discussion
sessions on pre-selected topics and assigned material. The class participation score will
be based on attendance and discussion session involvement as well as three brief (1-2
pages) reports based on events, films, lectures, symposia, or similar which are related to
the thematic aspects of this course. The final grade will be based on the essay
examinations, objective test scores, and the quality of the students contributions to
discussion sessions as noted below:
Essay examinations (50 points each)
Objective tests (2 X 25 points)
Class participation

100 points
50 points
50 points

TOTAL: 200 points


Under this scheme, 90% of the total points possible (180 points), for example, would be
the lowest A- grade.
The three reports indicated above will be due by the following dates:
Report #1: February 27
Report #2: March 20
Report #3: April 24
Readings:
The required texts are listed below. Please note that the texts marked by the asterisks
(**) are available at the University Press Bookstore, at 2430 Bancroft Way, across from
campus. The CS 159 Reader is available at Copy Central, on Bancroft Way, between
Telegraph and Bowditch. To avoid lines, you can order the reader from Copy Central online and pick it up without standing in a long line.
Mark Overmyer-Velasquez, ed., Beyond la frontera: The History of Mexico-U.S.
Migration (2011).**

Douglas Massey, ed., New Faces in New Places: The Changing Geography of American
Immigration (2008).**
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the
Shadows of Affluence, 2nd. Edition (2007).**
Aviva Chomsky, Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal (2014).
Tanya Golash-Boza, Due Process Denied: Detention and Deportations in the United
States (2012).**
CS 159 Reader, 2 vols. Note: The first volume is now available.
Additional readings will be posted on the bcourse site for this class. Students are
expected to consult the bcourse site on a regular basis.
INSTRUCTOR CONTACT INFORMATION
Instructor: Alex M. Saragoza
Office: 580 Barrows Hall
Office Hours: Mondays, 12noon-1 p.m. and by appointment
Email: alexsara@berkeley.edu (best means of contacting the instructor)
Messages: 510-643-0796

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