Why have they come here illegally, many will ask? Why didn’t they follow the rules in place for legal migration? A brief examination of the economic situation of the United States and Mexico will reveal the cause of their entry. Three conditions led to this result. First, the American economy, over the past 30 years, has had a demand for unskilled labor which could not be met by an American-born workforce. Second, our immigration system did not allow enough legal immigrants to meet this labor demand. Third, the North American Free Trade Agreement has drastically increased poverty levels in Mexico, encouraging many Mexican-born people to look for better opportunities north of the national border.
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