PP&D 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Gateway Cities, Operation Gatekeeper, Fokker E.Ii
23 Apr 2016
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Lecture 13 migrant city: markets and governments: laying the foundations a. i, permitting and stimulating migrant flows b. i. Huge population displacement that are the result of globalization b. iii. 1. Farmers from richer regions can sell products in poorer regions for much lower prices, which puts farmers in poorer regions out of business b. iii. 2. Farmers who could live and produce off their land are not able to do so anymore: governments encourage global trade/restrict immigration c. i. Produces more wealth for home companies: history: braceros (end in 1964) d. i. Labor based migrants were permitted easy access inside and outside the united states d. ii. By the time it ended, there were around 4. 5 million mexicans d. iii. Circular migration people came, worked for a few years, moved back, came back to work and make money, went back home d. iii. 1. d. iii. 2. Resulted in low levels in big populations d. iv. Left many people undocumented because there were not enough visas for everyone: government migration restriction e. i. e. ii.
