The agreement continues to chip away at the U.S. economy. leaving millions jobless and accumulating a staggering and growing trade deficit with Mexico. now totaling a record $64.1 billion for 2006. At the same time. NAFTA ravaged the Mexican economy and destroyed the farming and agricultural sectors. This socalled "free trade" agreement has prompted hundreds of thousands of Mexicans to look for an escape from their worsening destitute circumstances to the U.S.. and in doing so they risk their lives. the unity of their families and their futures. U.S. trade policy upsets more than just our immigration crisis. Our faltering trade policy has also contributed to the global environmental emergency. When the Bush Administration entered into CAFTA. they did so with countries which rarely enforce their already limited environmental policies.
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