ABSTRACT
The immigrant family can be understood as the cornerstone of settlement and incorporation. Transnational families have been discussed above in connection with care giving arrangements across borders. Transnational marriage currently is subject to more stringent rules and long waiting periods. Sociologist Michell Duneier describes his conversation with one of the local men at Valois, a cafeteria serving home-style food cuisine on Chicago's South Side, which is frequented by a black and white male clientele. The capabilities' approach is a useful tool for grappling with elusive phenomena related to social exclusion, marginalization and discrimination. The feminization of migration along with the growth of global care chains of today has fuelled parental migration and the inevitable family separation. Many social phenomena have facilitated the marked growth in global care chains. Domestic care giving work is the main driver of international female labour migration. Scholars refer to this trend as the feminization of migration.
