The California Office of Planning and Research estimates NAFTA will result in a net increase of 40.000 jobs statewide. An estimated 61.000 new jobs in Californias manufactured export industry have been created as a result of the relaxing of trade barriers in 1987 between Canada. Mexico. and the United States. California. as one of four States bordering Mexico. stands to gain the most from a stronger Mexican economy which will be better able to employ more of its citizens. and thereby discourage the level of illegal immigration we see today. California Is currently the destination of half of all Mexican migration to the United States.
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