August, 2006

Tie Up NAFTA’s Loose Ends

So the debate is not emotional? See how quickly it degenerates into ad hominem attacks. The facts, however, are these:
The United States has received significant Mexican immigration since 1907, when U.S. employers began recruitment in Mexico following the termination of labor migration from Japan.
The U.S. government sponsored its own labor recruitment programs in [...]

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How Do We Control Illegal Immigration?

Doug Massey is right. The debate about Mexican immigration easily turns emotional, and it often aggravates Americans’ feelings of insecurity that are not directly related to immigration. September 11 and subsequent events have intensified these emotions, but sizeable immigration flows to the United States have always provoked similar responses, both in modern times [...]

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