But a lost job has a more profound impact than our statistics account for. A lost job means a strain on a family. Large concentrations of lost jobs mean strains on communities and local and State governments. Also. as we saw in Mexico after NAFTA. these FTAs can be harmful to communities in our trading partners. More than a million Mexican farmers lost their land and livelihood after NAFTA. NAFTA was supposed to end illegal immigration to the U.S.. instead by pushing poor rural farmers off their land. it helped cause an explosion of illegal immigration. So I recognize that this FTA reflects major improvements from the previous model. But.
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