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Article: Mexico-United States labor migration flows
- Article from:
- The International Migration Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Center for Migration Studies Winter 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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International migration from Mexico to the United States is viewed very differently depending on from which side of the border this phenomenon is observed and evaluated. Therefore, it is difficult to concretely explain migration between Mexico and the United States and what it represents for each country. This is particularly the case with undocumented migration. Because of the contradictory visions of undocumented migration that permeate values and perceptions of the people of these two countries, an effort to clarify the meaning of this migration is indispensable if both nations really seek economic integration as it is assumed in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The view ...