Immigration - Who Really Benefits?

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Immigration – Who Really Benefits?
Why do people move from one country to live in another? In trying to understand this trend, one needs to understand the reason behind a person’s motive to seek economic fulfillment. All countries, in one way or another, are affected by immigration, its policies and agreements. As such, countries must work together in order to address immigration issues, both for the authorized and undocumented immigrants. The two important aspects that people should understand before forming an opinion about immigration are the (negative) impact of policies on immigrants and locals alike, and that immigration drives the US economy, particularly in the areas of wages and employment opportunities for American-born workers.
The creation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) indirectly generates a negative impact on the Mexican agricultural farmers. According to the article entitled “The North American Free Trade Agreement” taken off the US-Canada-Mexico government website “The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)”, the “agreement was created in 1994 and considered to be one of the world’s largest free trade zones ….Its purpose is to provide economic growth and rising prosperity for Canada, the United States and Mexico”. However, this was proven not to be the case for Mexico. Prior to NAFTA, small businesses in Mexico relied heavily on their
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agricultural produce such as corn plantation and hog farming. These farmers were able to make a living from their agricultural produce and livestock farming. In the article “How US Policies Fueled Mexico’s Great Migration” by David Bacon, Bacon highlights how David Ceja, an immigrant from Veracruz, was able to buy the necessities by j...

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