different perspectives on immigration
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Different Perspectives on Immigration. Rick Van Schoik, Director Erik Lee, Director of Policy and Programs. AGENDA. Erik, Rick, and NACTS Big Picture and Connectedness North American and other perspectives Environmental issues Solutions sets. WHO WE ARE. WHAT NACTS IS. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Different Perspectives on Immigration
Rick Van Schoik, Director
Erik Lee, Director of Policy and Programs
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AGENDA
• Erik, Rick, and NACTS• Big Picture and Connectedness• North American and other perspectives• Environmental issues• Solutions sets
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WHO WE ARE
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WHAT NACTS IS
• Seven university collaboration• Four foci: Borders and Transborder;
Awareness of North America; Trade, Transportation, and Tourism, Sustainability
• Actionable policy analysis and options
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INTRODUCTION
Arizona State University, the New American University is taking on the challenge of reinventing how universities do their three jobs. The pre-eminent directive is transdisciplinary work.
What does this mean for how universities understand immigration?
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“The central challenge of the twenty- first century is how to integrate the developing nations.”
Robert PastorAmerican UniversityNACTS Board of Advisors member
NACTS CHALLENGE
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CENTRAL FRAME
“It is unrealistic to hold that the large income difference between the Northern and Southern shores of the Mediterranean or between United
States and Mexico…can continue without adding further pressure to migrate.”
Branko Milanovic, World Bank
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ISSUE CONNECTEDNESS
• The All-American Canal is a water, and a diplomacy, and an immigration issue
• NAFTA maize tariff reduction on Jan 1 is a trade, and an energy, and an immigration issue.
• Name an issue that is NOT immigration related!
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FALSE CONFLUENCE
• Immigration conflated with terrorism and weapons of mass destruction is unsubstantiated, misguided, and unfortunate.
• The 1% solution fostered such mis- and disinformation and misperceptions.
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WE STARTED IT
“I’ve seen many migrants crop-picking about the country. It seems to me that, just as the Carthaginians hired mercenaries to do their fighting for them, we Americans bring in mercenaries to do our hard and humble work.”
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WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
“I hope we may not be overwhelmed one day by people not too proud or too lazy or too soft to bend to the earth and pick up the things we eat.”
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IT’LL BE EXPENSIVE
• “Getting rid of these workers means we are deciding as a matter of policy to shrink our economy.”
– Judith Gans, Udall Center, WSJ Dec 14
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ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
• US and MX trade $1.5 million each hour• US and MX trade 30 people in same hour• Labor mobility does not equate to skill
exchange
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WORLD PERSPECTIVE
• Feminization
• Very poor to poor nations
• Remittances run some countries
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DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE
• As we age fewer workers, fewer productive supporters of social security and fewer able and willing to labor
• As we move to cities, fewer available in rural and remote locations
• As more women migrate they stay longer
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MEXICAN PERSPECTIVE
• Drug crack-down• Evolution of “Coyotes”:
– Very lucrative (now) – Drug-link: Absolutely.– Conflation with terrorism? Doubtful.
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REMITTANCES
• Mexico’s economy is oil, tourism, remittance driven
• Worldwide remittances are worth $318B (double 2001), twice the value of all foreign aid. Economist
• Remittances to Mexico are US economy dependent
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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE
• Canada is much more welcoming but U.S inability to reform policy has a stalling and confounding effect on Canada
• Migrants to Canada through U.S have been mistreated.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE
• After economic refugees, environmental and now climate refugees are maintaining the flow
• Migrants who adopt a U.S lifestyle add to the footprint/load ie energy and greenhouse gas emissions
• Construction of the fence without a TEIA• Crossers destroy habitat, leave litter,
ignite fires, and can host pathogens
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EUROPEAN OR EXTERNAL PERSPECTIVE
• Schengen union• Value of an external defense
perimeter• EU border-free travel zone now
includes ex-Soviet bloc nations
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ULTIMATE SOLUTION
• Development in Mexico to stem the push. GAO recommended a rural compensation fund fro Mexico
• Stop the perverse subsidies ($220K per farmer in US versus $770 in Mexico)
• MX imported $2.5B of corn in 2006 driven by price rise due to our ethanol thirst
• Legitimize the flow
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POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS• North American Investment Fund• North American Advisory Council• Early and sustained help for new arrivals
pays off• High fences and wider gates and in both
directions!• Local integration and assimilation• Joint (multi-agency) risk assessment• Legal activity by the irregulars enhances
the system as well as the migrants
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RICHARDSON• Double border agents• Crack down on document fraud and
create an ID system• Fine and punish employers• Establish a pathway• Allow guest workers commensurate with
our need• Help Mexico create jobs
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Immigration Stories we would like to read
• More comparative stories (particularly stories on Canadian, Mexican, and European perspectives)
• Stories that explore the linkages between climate change and immigration
• Interviews with state- or municipal level government officials in Mexico and Central America
• Articles exploring North American demographics
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LAST THOUGHTS
• We are big and long thinkers• We can help connect• We advocate North America• We know out-of-the-ordinary people • We are available for perspective
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Contact Us
• Rick Van Schoik, [email protected], 480-965-1846
• Erik Lee, [email protected], 480-727-8926
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