migration, public policy, and latino communities
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MIGRATION, PUBLIC POLICY, and LATINO COMMUNITIES. REVISED SCHEDULE. February 2: Drug Trafficking Talons, ch. 8 DFC, chs. 2 and 9 (Mexico and Colombia) February 9: Migration Talons, ch. 8 [again] DFC, chs. 4-5 (Central America + Caribbean) CR #6 (ExMex) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MIGRATION, PUBLIC POLICY, and
LATINO COMMUNITIES
REVISED SCHEDULE• February 2: Drug Trafficking
– Talons, ch. 8
– DFC, chs. 2 and 9 (Mexico and Colombia)
• February 9: Migration
– Talons, ch. 8 [again]
– DFC, chs. 4-5 (Central America + Caribbean)
– CR #6 (ExMex)
• February 16: Mexico’s War on Drugs
– CR # 5 (DTOs in Mexico)
• February 23: War on Terror
– Talons, ch.10
– DFC, chs. 1, 3
• March 02: Opportunity for Latin America
– Talons, ch. 10-11
– DFC, chs. 6-8, 11
• March 09: Obama and Latin America
– Talons, chs. 11-12 + Conclusion
– CR #7 (Obama and the Americas)
I. PATTERNS OF MIGRATION
INTRODUCTION
THE NUMBERS GAME(S)• Flows• Stocks• Proportions• Costs and benefits• Rates of assimilation
READING
• Smith, Talons, ch. 8 [again]
• Dominguez and Fernandez de Castro, chapters 2, 4, 5 (Mexico, Central America, Caribbean)
• Jorge Castañeda, ExMex: From Migrants to Immigrants, ch. 8 (Course Reader # 6)
EMOTIONAL ISSUES AND POLITICAL DEBATES
•Ethnicity vs. melting pots•Diversity vs. tradition•Fairness vs. efficiency
NAFTA AND MEXICAN MIGRATION
•Claims and expectations•Preliminary realities•Hypotheses and prognostications
NUMERICAL DIMENSIONS
• ~12 million illegal immigrants in U.S.• 55-60% from Mexico• 25% of Mexico’s able-bodied male workforce now
in U.S.• U.S.-Mexican wage ratio ~ 8:1 or 10:1
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Mexican-Origin Population in United States, 1900-2003
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Regional Origin of Mexican Migrants
Geographical Concentration of Mexican Migrants
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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Años
Remittances to Mexico, 1990-2003
BORDER PATROL AGENTS
EFFECTS 0F BORDER ENFORCEMENT
• 1. Shifting routes (toward Arizona)
• 2. Increased use of polleros (smugglers)
• 3. Reduced “circularity” (more permanent stays)
• 4. More women and families
• 5. Increased loss of life
Deaths at the Border
2001 = 528
2002 = 470
2003 = 478
2004 = 460
2005 > 500
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS
•Economic threat?•September 2000 = 38% agreed•March 2006 = 52%
•Cultural threat?
•Societal threat?
MIGRATION AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
• Context: joblessness everywhere• New entries down (not due to border
enforcement, since 95% of migrants without papers get through)
• Return migration stable (despite concern in Mexico about major increase)
• Within USA, unemployment among Latino men > Anglo men
THE RANGE OF POLICY CHOICE: LEGAL MIGRATION
•Revise legal quotas•Revise criteria for entry
THE RANGE OF POLICY CHOICE: ILLEGAL MIGRATION
•Strategies for restriction:
Building fencesBlocking corridors (e.g., Operation Gatekeeper)Withdrawing incentives and benefits (e.g., Prop 187)Punishing employers
•Strategies for opening:
Augmenting quotasGuest-worker programsEliminating barriers
•Strategies for reduction:
Targeting economic developmentCirculating informationAdditional steps?
Initiatives on Migration:
Phase 1: The Whole Enchilada (January-September 11, 2001)
Phase 2: Focus on Security
Phase 3: The Second Term
•Temporary amnesty for those here and employed
•Guest-worker program
•Eventual path to citizenship
Phase 4: Barack Obama?
What Would You Do?