Perspectivas Mexicanas Sobre la Política Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Hacia un Enfoque Bilateral

This thesis investigates the often neglected Mexican perspective on US immigration policy, contending that effective immigration policy can only be reached through a bilateral, multidimensional approach that incorporates the Mexican perspective. To delineate this perspective, I examine the historica...

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Main Author: Macdonald, Jeffrey S
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Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/608
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spelling ndltd-CLAREMONT-oai-http---scholarship.claremont.edu-do-oai--cmc_theses-16562013-05-23T03:03:08Z Perspectivas Mexicanas Sobre la Política Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Hacia un Enfoque Bilateral Macdonald, Jeffrey S This thesis investigates the often neglected Mexican perspective on US immigration policy, contending that effective immigration policy can only be reached through a bilateral, multidimensional approach that incorporates the Mexican perspective. To delineate this perspective, I examine the historical, economic and socio-cultural views of immigration to the US in Mexico. I then evaluate the immigration policies pursued by both the US and Mexican governments through the lens of these Mexican perspectives. I show that current immigration policies and approaches are seriously flawed from the Mexican point of view, and stress that both governments must work to incorporate the Mexican perspective into the current debate over immigration reform in the United States. 2013-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/608 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1656&context=cmc_theses © 2013 Jeffrey S. Macdonald CMC Senior Theses Scholarship @ Claremont Immigration Policy Immigration Reform Mexico United States Immigration Law
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topic Immigration Policy
Immigration Reform
Mexico
United States
Immigration Law
spellingShingle Immigration Policy
Immigration Reform
Mexico
United States
Immigration Law
Macdonald, Jeffrey S
Perspectivas Mexicanas Sobre la Política Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Hacia un Enfoque Bilateral
description This thesis investigates the often neglected Mexican perspective on US immigration policy, contending that effective immigration policy can only be reached through a bilateral, multidimensional approach that incorporates the Mexican perspective. To delineate this perspective, I examine the historical, economic and socio-cultural views of immigration to the US in Mexico. I then evaluate the immigration policies pursued by both the US and Mexican governments through the lens of these Mexican perspectives. I show that current immigration policies and approaches are seriously flawed from the Mexican point of view, and stress that both governments must work to incorporate the Mexican perspective into the current debate over immigration reform in the United States.
author Macdonald, Jeffrey S
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title Perspectivas Mexicanas Sobre la Política Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Hacia un Enfoque Bilateral
title_short Perspectivas Mexicanas Sobre la Política Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Hacia un Enfoque Bilateral
title_full Perspectivas Mexicanas Sobre la Política Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Hacia un Enfoque Bilateral
title_fullStr Perspectivas Mexicanas Sobre la Política Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Hacia un Enfoque Bilateral
title_full_unstemmed Perspectivas Mexicanas Sobre la Política Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Hacia un Enfoque Bilateral
title_sort perspectivas mexicanas sobre la política migratoria en los estados unidos: hacia un enfoque bilateral
publisher Scholarship @ Claremont
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url http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/608
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