We have been there. The displaced population on the run is surging. thanks in large part to NAFTA and CAFTAs agricultural provisions. those very flawed provisions that provided no opportunity for adjustment as a First World nation met the economy of Third World nations. The terms of the agreement forced the revocation of land and allowed multinationals to begin buying up vast tracts in the interior. pushing untold millions of peasant farmers. who remain nameless. off their land and into the labor pool of the maquiladoras. yet we. as Americans. are surprised when their children. as migrants. flock to our southern border. If we seriously looked at the impact of our free trade agreements. we would easily see the havoc wrought on local economies throughout the lands on the other side of the border. Those who forced this to happen should know the consequences of their policies and what they reap: legions of desperate workers willing to do anything to survive.
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