ABSTRACT
This book responds to the need of Mexican society and government to have in-depth, rigorous knowledge of how the lives of their paisanos, both documented and undocumented, are shifting. It starts from the hypothesis that the November 2016 election marked a defining moment in the lives of Mexicans in the United States. Its chapters explore three topics: the direction and magnitude of those shifts based on a broad-ranging survey and on in-depth anthropological work, including the voices of those who benefited and who were affected; consular strategies put in motion after the election; as well as drugs and bilateral relations. Drugs are only one of the chapters in a bilateral relationship.
