%0 Journal Article %T £¿Criminales o v¨ªctimas? La deportaci¨®n de migrantes mexicanos de Estados Unidos a Tijuana, Baja California %A Alarc¨®n %A Rafael %A Becerra %A William %J Norteam¨¦rica %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X in addition to migrants detained during illegal border crossings, the u.s. government today deports a growing number of mexican citizens captured there, who are classifed as criminals. the objective of this article is to analyze the causes of deportation that 3 457 repatriated men cited when receiving the services of the house of the migrant in tijuana in 2010. this article¡¯s findings show that most of the migrants were deported because they had committed traffic violations or offenses involving the consumption of alcohol and drugs or domestic violence. %K international migration %K deportation %K immigration policy %K united states %K mexico. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1870-35502012000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en