Walter A. Ewing, Ph.D., New America Media
August 04, 2008
Editor’s Note: A recent report that suggests the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. has declined because of immigration law enforcement ignores some critical factors, says Walter A. Ewing, Senior Researcher at the Immigration Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
It is commonsense that undocumented immigration is driven by economics. Most undocumented immigrants come from nations where economic opportunities are few and far between. Migrants would not leave behind families and homelands to embark upon potentially deadly journeys to the United States if there weren’t a good chance they could find jobs once they got here. And few immigrants would go back to countries that lack job opportunities unless there were no more jobs available in the United States. Not surprisingly, immigrants strive to build better lives in places where they can actually earn livelihoods.
Yet, a report released on July 30 by the Center for ImmigrationStudies (CIS) would have us believe that the decisions of undocumentedimmigrants about where to live are based more on the politics of immigration enforcement than the economics of their own survival. [...]
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