The art of coming home. Labor reintegration experiences of deported migrants from United States

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the experience of deportation and labor reintegra-tion of a migrant woman who has settled in the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico since 2016. Using a qualitative methodology and a biographical approach, we recovered the voice of our informant and her subjectivity on the experience lived in the United States, as well as the actions taken to self-employ in an urban context. The findings warn that among the deported migrant population, it is necessary to change the gaze from north to south for a successful reintegra-tion into the labor market, without necessarily implying what they consider their home in that country. Likewise, the role of the migrant person as agent and of human, social and political capital as resources for the implementation of initiatives that pro-mote individual and collective labor reintegration of deported migrants is highlighted.