transmigrant
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- noun
- /trænzˈmaɪɡrənt/
- Many transmigrants from Central America travel to the United States in search of better job opportunities.
- transmigrant organization
- transmigrant relations
- transmigrant club
Examples
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Undocumented labor transmigrants may experience fear and insecurity regarding their legal status in their receiving country.
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The high potential for social isolation in transmigrants may be a factor that contributes to the development of high antecedents to distress.
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There have also been political differences among transmigrant groups critical of the state government.
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The question of political consistency between the state governments and transmigrant leaders was more difficult to gauge in these cases.
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But most transmigrant organizations do not operate in a vacuum, separate from the national state's sphere of influence.
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The shared financing was designed to enhance opportunities for local communities (in this case, transmigrant organizations) to be involved in community affairs.
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The analysis is based on information about transmigrant organizations and Mexican political authorities in Los Angeles and Mexico and focuses on Zacatecas.
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Significant staff turnover, at least between 1995 and 1997, may have hampered efforts to work more consistently with transmigrants.
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I also investigate the growing politicization of relations between the Mexican state and transmigrants to learn more about the power dynamics of these relations.
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Oaxaca-U.S. transnational relations involve the clearest case of political difference between transmigrant organizations and successive (PRI) state governments.
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Synonyms
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A person who moves to another country or region to find work
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transmigrant comes from the prefix trans- meaning 'across' and the word migrant from migrate meaning 'to move', so a transmigrant is someone who moves from one country or region to another, often for a short time.