Guatemalan and El Salvadoran Immigrants: Refuting the World Systems Theory

• In Event: Poster Session: Citizen, Worker, Immigrant, Human: Rights and Responsibility for Justice

Brief Overview

The World Systems Theory of Immigration suggests that core countries create linkages to periphery countries. However, in the case of the United States, El Salvador, and Guatemala in the mid to late 20th century, this theory is refuted.

Author

• Razan Elsir, University At Albany