title: "Right Here is the Gateway":Mobility, Sex Work Entry and HIV Risk Along the Mexico-U.S. Border.
abstract: Women comprise an increasing proportion of migrants. Many voluntarily migrate for sex work or practice survival sex, while others may be trafficked for sexual exploitation. To investigate how the context of mobility shapes sex work entry and HIV risk, we conducted in-depth interviews with formerly trafficked women currently engaged in sex work (n=31) in Tijuana, Mexico and their service providers (n=7) in Tijuana and San Diego, USA from 2010-2011. Women's experiences ofcoerced and deceptive migration, deportation as forced migration, voluntary mobility, and migration to a risk environmentillustrate that circumstances driving and resulting from migration shape vulnerability to sex trafficking, voluntary sex work entry, and HIV risk. Findings suggest an urgent need for public health and immigration policies that provide integrated support for deported and/or recently arrived female migrants. Policies to prevent sex trafficking and assist trafficked females must also consider the varying levels of personal agency involved in migration and sex work entry.
authors.affiliation: Division of Global Public Health, University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Sm
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.affiliation: Division of Global Public Health, University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Js
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Engstrom
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Baja California, México.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bojorquez-Chapela
authors.affiliation: Division of Global Public Health, University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Sa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strathdee