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The Political Economy of Undocumented Migration Douglas S. Massey Woodrow Wilson School Princeton University.

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1 The Political Economy of Undocumented Migration Douglas S. Massey Woodrow Wilson School Princeton University

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4 Rise of Latino Threat Narrative

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12 Yields a Self-Reinforcing Non- Recursive Feedback Loop

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19 Consequences of the War: Public Opinion

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32 Back to the Future: Flows Then and Now 1956-1957 – 57,000 Documented Migrants per Year – 441,000 Guestworkers per Year – 498,000 Total Legal Entries per Year – Apprehension Rate: 38.4 Migrants per Agent & Falling 2008-2009 – 177,000 Documented Migrants Per Year – 331,000 Guestworkers per Year – 508,000 Total Legal Entries per Year – Apprehension Rate: 34.5 Migrants per Agent & Falling

33 Major Difference Between Then and Now: Resident Undocumented Population – 1956-1957 Effectively Zero – 2007-2008 Currently Estimated at 10.8 Million 60% of all Undocumented Migrants Are Mexican 55% of All Mexicans Present in US Are Undocumented – Of 11 Million Undocumented Migrants 3+ Million Entered as children 500,000-1 Million Former Temporary Protected Status

34 Beating a Dead Horse: America’s Continuing War on Immigrants Douglas S. Massey Woodrow Wilson School Princeton University


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