| Summary/Abstract |
Accounts of migration journeys are often situated after an emigrant crosses the international border and becomes an immigrant. Yet, journeys to the border require planning and preparations, a kind that may include little or no packing, farewells to loved ones for an indefinite period of time, and a reorganisation of a past and immediate present for an uncertain future. Along with planning, there is a fracturing and disruption that unfolds before the physical journey begins. Once a decision to physically migrate is made, an important transformation takes place. Some migrants, such as children, have little involvement in the planning yet still begin their journey before arriving at the border, namely when they are told of their imminent departure. For Mexican teenage girls raised in transnational families, a decision to migrate is made for them. It is the moment of telling and its impact on their lives that this article aims to capture.
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