And these folks will meet the same fate. We Just brush them off as if they are just statistics. The fourth argument. that NAFTA will slow down illegal immigration into the United States. Well. this is the same claim that was made under the Maquiladora plan nearly 30 years ago. and that arrangement has actually increased immigration by drawing Mexican workers to the border areas. Much of Mexicos growth under this NAFTA will continue to occur in the border areas because of its nearness to the United States markets. In addition. under NAFTA 800.000 to 3 million Mexican farm families will be dislocated because of the agricultural products coming from this country into Mexico and because of the reforms that have already been initiated there in getting these people off the public lands and larger corporate agricultural interests farming both lands.
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