{"id":4104,"date":"2008-01-23T23:16:01","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T06:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/01\/23\/if-you-want-to-reduce-unauthorized-migrants-improve-mexicos-economy\/"},"modified":"2008-01-23T23:16:01","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T06:35:49","slug":"if-you-want-to-reduce-unauthorized-migrants-improve-mexicos-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4104","title":{"rendered":"If You Want To Reduce Unauthorized Migration, Improve Mexico's Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

In The American Prospect<\/em><\/a>, Jeff Faux argues that the economic pressures on poor Mexicans to immigrate to the US in search of paying work are going to just get more intense for at least the next decade or so. He argues that the best way to relieve that pressure would be to proactively work to improve job growth in Mexico.<\/p>\n

The bargain that undergirded the creation of the European Union could serve as a rough model. When the EU was being negotiated, many in France, Germany, Great Britain, and other wealthier countries feared that they would be flooded with workers from poorer nations like Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and Greece. To prevent that, the EU provided a substantial transfer of investment funds to generate job growth in the poorer countries. It worked. Despite the EU’s provision for free movement of labor across the borders, when offered reasonable economic opportunities, workers in the poor countries stayed home.<\/p>\n

The aim of a renegotiated NAFTA would be to provide for a similar fund for investment in Mexico in exchange for changes in Mexican law and institutions that would allow the income of Mexican workers to rise as their economy grows. These would include guarantees for free trade unions, enforceable minimum wages, and an increase in education, and other social spending. The cost would be about $100 billion, although much of it would be in the form of loan guarantees rather than cash. Not an insignificant sum, but certainly affordable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In The American Prospect, Jeff Faux argues that the economic pressures on poor Mexicans to immigrate to the US in search of paying work are going to just get more intense for at least the next decade or so. He … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration-migrant-rights-etc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}