Marginal Revolution: The Unreported Mexican Immigration Story
Tagged: border, MexicoThis is an interest read and well I need to think about it a bit more. What do you think?
Contrary to economic intuition, it is often the poorest migrants who leave last. If I think about the Mexican village where I hang out and buy art, only in the last twenty years has anyone had enough money to catch a bus to the border, much less pay the “coyote” fees to cross. Mexican immigration also works as a chain. One person crosses the border, finds a job, and sends money back so that brothers and friends can cross as well. For all these reasons the flood is, for better or worse, now much harder to stop. As Mexico gets richer, more people are coming
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