Laura Agustín

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  Laura commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Strategies for Immigration Reform

  You cannot know whether you've managed to diminish a figure when you've got no baseline, by which I mean that by definition irregular/unauthorised migrants are uncountable in any direct way. Yes some researchers have come up with paradigms for counting, but I remain unconvinced. What one notices from 'outside' US debates is how heavily they obsess about the Mexican border, seemingly forgetting the permeability of borders that exist in air and sea ports. I do understand perfectly that the 'invasion from Mexico' is seen as most threatening, but it's wearing blinders not to realise that the false-papers industry makes entry through formal ports just as easy. You might be interested in my piece called 'Border Thinking' based on a typical airport experience: http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/border-thinkingLaura Agustín