This book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a more nuanced explanation of the causes and the consequences of migration. Through an exploration of gendered labor markets, laws and policies and the transnational model of migration, Brettell looks at a variety of issues such as how gender shapes the roles that men and women play in the construction of immigrant family and community life, debates concerning transnational motherhood, and how gender structures the immigrant experience for men and women more broadly.