To put these factors in perspective. consider that during the prosperous 1970s. the United States. with a GNP five times that of all Latin America. created only 2 million jobs annually. These demographic realities create a powerful push factor for these people to migrate. Without a doubt. as unemployment and population pressures in Latin America continue to mount. evergrowing numbers of immigrants will attempt to cross U.S. borders. Although we focus primarily on what this phenomenon means to the United Statesand that is where our primary focus should bewe should consider first the detrimental effects of outmigration on the sending countries. To us. largescale illegal entry is immigration with much talent and will to work and to succeed at its core. But for the sending nations. it is a brain drain and a threat to the stability and social fabric of communities and families. This is not fanciful supposition. but a historical occurrence that has been repeated many times in many countries throughout the long history of massive outmigration.
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