ABSTRACT
The lack of economic opportunity in Northern Yucatán and the abundant jobs in Dallas are important conditions for international migration. A more subtle analysis, however, shows how migrants are motivated by other factors as well. Migrant agendas are culturally variable and best studied qualitatively, with ethnographic methods. And there is a transnational dimension involved. As Yucatecan migrants pursue their life projects, they usually end up living their lives across borders. Transnationalism, in other words, results from migrants’ attempts to realize their migrant agendas.
