SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: North American Free Trade Agreement, Arizona Sb 1070, New Laws
19 Aug 2020
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Free trade and immigration: a primer (raul fernandez) Talks about nafta (north american free trade agreement) and how, like always, the. Beginning in early 1990s, great increase in immigration from mexico, central america and south america coincides w/ imposition of free trade . U. s. government, banks, and corporations exerted pressure on pliable latin. These policies require elimination of protective tariffs and measures in. Latin america while u. s. continues its protective policies, esp. in agriculture. By 2006, mexico had lost over 2 million agr. jobs. Working in manquilas on border or migrating to. Of millions of undocumented workers currently living in u. s. came from u. s. after passage of nafta in 1994, seeking relief from disastrous economic conditions in mexico economic refugees. U. s. response to undocumented immigrants: militarization of border, hunting down undocumented workers, and anti-immigrant sentiment. Hundreds of thousands of people from other countries enduring these free trade policies have also been displaced like colombia and el-salvador.
