Mexico/U.S. migration - Approximately 50% of Urequío’s population migrated permanently to the Southern California cities of Long Beach and Wilmington following the U.S. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, with continued migration occurring in subsequent years.
Freeway expansion, refineries, environmental injustice in the Harbor Region - These areas face severe environmental risks--including abnormally high cancer and asthma cases--due to their proximity to the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports (Barboza 2020). Moreover, this region hosts the highest concentration of refineries in the state, with drilling facilities located throughout many residential neighborhoods (CBE 2015).
Labor experience in the U.S. - braceros, canneries in Wilmington & San Pedro
Land reform in Mexico
