Speech #1090044597

Let me tell Members what happened since December 1993 when NAFTA became the law of the land. Before NAFTA. we ran a trade surplus with Mexico. Now the U.S. runs a $45 billion annual trade deficit with Mexico. from a trade surplus to a trade deficit. In addition. my home State of North Carolina since NAFTA became the law of the land has lost over 200.000 manufacturing jobs. The United States has lost over 2.5 million manufacturing jobs. Let me give some facts about illegal aliens coming from Mexico across the border. Prior to NAFTA. the average was 2 million. Since NAFTA. it is better than 7.5 million.