ENGL 3040 Lecture 19: Lecture 11.29.16
30 Nov 2016
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Terms: north american trade agreement (nafta, undocumented immigrant/migrant, illegal alien (incorrect and unethical, el otro lado (the other side, immigration and customs enforcement (ice, operation gatekeeper (1994, operation hold-the-line (1993) Number of states tried to criminalize undocumented immigrants: not an illegal/criminal offense, can argue that it is a civil issue, illegal alien suggests illegal existence. Also started to require teachers, nurses, etc to request proof and report undocumented immigrants: became illegal to give any aid to undocumented immigrants, although highly successful, drove out people in the masses. Resulted in a mass economic loss, particularly agricultural loss. The dirty secret of the us is their dependency on undocumented immigrants to work the picking jobs on the field. With this loss, tried to use convict labour but, simply, convicts refused. To deal with losses, farmers reduced production by 40%. In 1993 before nafta and 2011 after nafta, saw a 300% increase in undocumented immigrants.
