My dissertation examines the multiplesites of migration to the United States by people from the state of Guanajuato,one of Mexico’s most prolific migrant sending states, throughout the twentiethcentury. I argue that a focus on a single state provides a more intimateexamination of Mexican migration to the U.S. and allows us to understand thecontours of Mexican migration as a whole. My project’s focus on the localhistory of Guanajuato and the lived experiences of its migrants—both in Mexicoand the U.S.—serves as a shift from the arrivant narrative, a prevalentnarrative in migration studies.