"This is an engaging, well researched, and thoughtfully organized book on an important topic—the transnational civic engagement of Mexican migrants and their organizations on both sides of the US-Mexico border."
— Michael Peter Smith, co-author of Citizenship Across Borders
"Xóchitl Bada’s richly nuanced study provides compelling evidence that migrant hometown associations have become an integral part of Chicago’s civic landscape, while simultaneously gaining standing as path-breaking advocates for accountable governance at local, state and national levels in Mexico."
— Jonathan Fox, author of Accountability Politics: Power and Voice in Rural Mexico
"Xóchitl Bada’s richly nuanced study provides compelling evidence that migrant hometown associations have become an integral part of Chicago’s civic landscape, while simultaneously gaining standing as path-breaking advocates for accountable governance at local, state and national levels in Mexico."
— Jonathan Fox, author of Accountability Politics: Power and Voice in Rural Mexico
"This is an engaging, well researched, and thoughtfully organized book on an important topic—the transnational civic engagement of Mexican migrants and their organizations on both sides of the US-Mexico border."
— Michael Peter Smith, co-author of Citizenship Across Borders