On 6/26/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Jun 26, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Auguste Blanqui wrote:
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> > I read many assertions from the left today about how NAFTA and neo-
> > liberal development more generally is fueling illegal immigration.
> > While I'm not doubting the connecting, I would like to get more
> > specific about extent. Has any one run across any more detailed
> > stories or preliminary studies on the extent to which 1990s-now
> > illegal immigration can be attributed to changes in Mexican
> > political economy? The only index I've seen is the huge drop in
> > rural labor force in Mexico (I think), but there've got to be others.
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> When I interviewed Douglas Massey on my radio show <http://
> www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#060413>, he said NAFTA had
> had little effect; the regions that are the source of most migrants
> aren't those most affected by NAFTA-related displacements. Julio
> Huato, in the interview I'll post later today, agreed that NAFTA
> wasn't a big influence, for different reasons (i.e., the treaty was
> just part of a larger process of economic integration).
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> Doug
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