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: This thesis asks two major questions: (1) Does Mexican migration (authorized and unauthorized) ... more : This thesis asks two major questions: (1) Does Mexican migration (authorized and unauthorized) pose a threat to the United States?; and (2) What are the major forces, or "push" factors, compelling migration from Mexico to the United States? The thesis focuses on a number of potential factors driving the migration: political change, crime, poverty, and Mexico's economic growth level and social inequality. It finds that illegal immigration from Mexico poses very little economic threat to the United States, but by complicating U.S. efforts to achieve border security, it may allow for an increased risk of undetected entry of terrorist or narcotrafficking elements into the United States. The economic crises of 1982 and 1994 increased migration by directly impacting the political system, economic reforms, and the social landscape. This caused a three-fold increase in migration from 1980 through 2000. In 2000, the Mexican economy recovered and the rate of increase for migra...
: This thesis asks two major questions: (1) Does Mexican migration (authorized and unauthorized) ... more : This thesis asks two major questions: (1) Does Mexican migration (authorized and unauthorized) pose a threat to the United States?; and (2) What are the major forces, or "push" factors, compelling migration from Mexico to the United States? The thesis focuses on a number of potential factors driving the migration: political change, crime, poverty, and Mexico's economic growth level and social inequality. It finds that illegal immigration from Mexico poses very little economic threat to the United States, but by complicating U.S. efforts to achieve border security, it may allow for an increased risk of undetected entry of terrorist or narcotrafficking elements into the United States. The economic crises of 1982 and 1994 increased migration by directly impacting the political system, economic reforms, and the social landscape. This caused a three-fold increase in migration from 1980 through 2000. In 2000, the Mexican economy recovered and the rate of increase for migra...