The AIC's Executive Director, Ben Johnson, was quoted in an article in the New York Times....
Achieving 'Security and Prosperity': Migration and North American Economic Integration |
Most of the border-enforcement and immigration-reform proposals currently being considered in Washington, DC, are not comprehensive or adequate solutions to the issue of undocumented immigration. The process of North American economic integration, and development within Mexico itself, create structural conditions that encourage Mexican migration to the United States. However, the multilateral agreements that have paved the way for this integration-the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the 2005 Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP)-do not adequately deal with the issue of labor migration.
Published On: Mon, Feb 06, 2006 | Download File
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