>"Although border militarization had little effect on the probability
>of Mexicans migrating illegally, it did reduce the likelihood that
>they would return to their homeland. America's tougher line roughly
>tripled the average cost of getting across the border illegally; thus
>Mexicans who had run the gantlet at the border were more likely to
>hunker down and stay in the United States. My study has shown that in
>the early 1980's, about half of all undocumented Mexicans returned
>home within 12 months of entry, but by 2000 the rate of return
>migration stood at just 25 percent" (Douglas S. Massey, "The Wall That
>Keeps Illegal Workers In,"
><http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA081EF938540C778CDDAD0894DE404482>).
I just posted my interview with Massey to <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#060413>. Fuller announcement later today.
Doug