Supporting this new deal requires us to believe in two things: one. the actual benefits of the NAFTA free trade model. and two. the promises of the Bush administration. Considering the first question. the actual benefits of the NAFTA model are about as real as the tooth fairy. NAFTA was supposed to solve illegal immigration by developing a robust economy in Mexico that would give hardworking people the opportunity to provide for their families without having to leave their homeland behind. That didnt work. Instead. undocumented immigration has actually increased. Subsidized crops from the U.S. pushed millions of farmers off their land. and many of those displaced farmers ended up emigrating to the United States. whether or not they had proper documentation. just so they could find work to support their families. CAFTA. another socalled improvement on the NAFTA model. was supposed to include bold new safety and wage protections for workers. But these protections are disappointingly weak. allowing countries to downgrade their own labor laws.
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