NAFTA took jobs, workers from Mexico

“Conservatives in the House want to criminalize 12 million undocumented immigrants and millions of citizens who interact with them.

Ironically, many of these same lawmakers spurred increased flight from Mexico by voting for NAFTA, a trade deal that made it far harder for Mexicans to earn a decent living in their homeland. The drastic rise in undocumented immigration from Mexico during the past decade is largely a matter of NAFTA blowback.”

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