Citizenship status of immigrants: A comparative analysis between Brazil and Argentina

This article intends to launch reflection on the construction of citizenship among immigrant populations in Brazil and Argentina in their historical and contemporary flows. From a comparative analysis of the transnational movements of populations these two countries from the turn of the century to the twentieth century and the twentieth to the twenty-first century, our goal is to make a survey of public policies aimed at this segment population and their impact in terms of a consolidation of citizenship status and social mobility achieved by the former and the current immigrants.