Ethical borders : NAFTA, globalization, and Mexican migration / Bill Ong Hing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hing, Bill Ong.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers, Mexican--United States.

Foreign workers, Mexican.

Mexicans--Employment--United States.

Mexicans.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his topical new book, Ethical Borders, Bill Ong Hing asks, why do undocumented immigrants from Mexico continue to enter the United States and, what would discourage this surreptitious traffic? An expert on immigration law and policy, Hing examines the relationship between NAFTA, globalization, and undocumented migration, and he considers the policy options for controlling immigration. He develops an ethical rationale for opening up the U.S./Mexican border, as well as improving conditions in Mexico so that its citizens would have little incentive to migrate. In

Contents:

The NAFTA effect

Revolutionary Mexico : a brief economic and political history

Canadian stability and responsibility

The European Union strategy

Celtic tiger : the Irish example

The failed enforcement approach : "there ain't no reason to treat them like animals"

Contemplating North American integration and other alternatives

Epilogue: the ethical border : thinking outside the (big) box.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299850613

1299850618

9781592139262

1592139264

OCLC:

650060092