Abstract
In this paper, I will explore the likelihood of achieving upward socioeconomic mobility, through international migration (Mexico to the US) from two different perspectives that is, in terms of the parameters prevailing in both, sending and receiving communities. With respect to the US, I build my argument upon three main lines of analysis, or sets of factors: 1) brief observations about life in present-day Latino neighborhoods, 2) occupational profile and income levels of recent Latino immigrants, and 3) types of educational experiences many Latino children face in US schools. It is my contention that by analyzing how these interacting forces work that it can be determined the second generations' future labor market and social incorporation. Limited possibilities for upward mobility in the US contrast with relative success by enhancing socioeconomic status in communities of origin, which nevertheless offer return migrants few long-range economic prospects, if any at all.
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