A migrant can hold middle-class standing at home yet working-class position globally

Evidence

Perhaps the most useful ideal type that comes from his sociology is the hypothesis that migrant workers and their children occupy a distinct class position within British society that will ultimately lead to distinct forms of political engagement. This framework at least allows for the possibility of new and autonomous forms of minority political mobilization. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2174 (#expands, via linked claim)

Migrant workers thus make complex financial calculations that balance the accrual of debt against the potential of illicit networks and formal networks to place them in better-paying jobs. Once migrant workers secure the networks they need to assemble resources to travel, they often follow the migration patterns that bring them the highest rate of return. Thus, labor migrants can transform their class status through migration. — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 699 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Working-class labor in the global North can yield middle-class status in the global South; Migrant workers and descendants hold a distinct class position yielding distinct politics — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2174; Labor migrants can transform their class status through strategic migration — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 699 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Migrant workers and descendants hold a distinct class position yielding distinct politics #expands (0.92) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2174
• Labor migrants can transform their class status through strategic migration #complicates (0.78) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 699