Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration
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- Synopsis
- In a very real way, the Mexico-U.S. migration system functioned as a complicated piece of machinery in the years from 1965 through 1986. It was composed of a set of delicately balanced social and economic processes that had emerged gradually over many years in response to specific changes in the political economies of Mexico and the United States. Cross-border population movements had a characteristic form, and over time they acquired a relatively stable structure and a well- defined geographic organization. Migration between Mexico and the United States followed predictable paths in accordance with well-established scientific principles. Just as it is not advisable to take a wrench to a precision clock if one is not a qualified clockmaker, it is not wise to pull policy levers if one has no real conception of how the underlying system functions. Yet this is exactly what happened beginning in 1986, when the U.S. Congress and successive presidents presided over a series of legislative and bureaucratic changes that fundamentally changed the rules under which the Mexico-U.S. migration system operated.
- Copyright:
- 2002
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 199 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780871545909
- Publisher:
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Date of Addition:
- 11/04/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Texas A&M University
- Proofread By:
- Texas A&M University
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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