Abstract
This article examines the offshore bilingual (English/Spanish) call centers in Mexico City that serve as the entry into the labor market for young Mexican return migrants. Thanks to the English skills and cultural capital they gained from their experience in the United States, they are able to compete with more-skilled workers and are better suited to manage the cultural dimension of this transnational labor. Return migrants become stuck in this economic niche, however, owing to a lack of professional possibilities outside of the sector.
- © 2018 Russell Sage Foundation. Da Cruz, Michaël. 2018. “Offshore Migrant Workers: Return Migrants in Mexico’s English-Speaking Call Centers.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 4(1): 39–57. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.1.03. Direct correspondence to: Michaël Da Cruz at dacruz.michael@gmail.com, Departamento de Estudios Culturales, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Carretera escénica Tijuana, Ensenada, Km 18.5, San Antonio del Mar, 22560 Tijuana, Baja California, México.
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