Re: Dean Baker on immigration
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
“Although border militarization had little effect on the probability of Mexicans migrating illegally, it did reduce the likelihood that they would return to their homeland. America’s tougher line roughly tripled the average cost of getting across the border illegally; thus Mexicans who had run the gantlet at the border were more likely to hunker down and stay in the United States. My study has shown that in the early 1980’s, about half of all undocumented Mexicans returned home within 12 months of entry, but by 2000 the rate of return migration stood at just 25 percent” (Douglas S. Massey, “The Wall That Keeps Illegal Workers In,” http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA081EF938540C778CDDAD0894DE404482).
I just posted my interview with Massey to http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#060413. Fuller announcement later today.
Doug