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The transformative power of reduced wait times at the US-Mexico border: Economic benefits for border states
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Alejandro Brugués Rodríguez, Noé Arón Fuentes Flores, David Gaytan, John Gibson, Mayra Maldonado, Jason Marczak, Jorge Eduardo Mendoza Cota, José Ángel Moreno, Roberto Ransom, and Ignacia Ulloa-Peters
Atlantic Council’s new data shows that a mere 10-minute reduction in wait times – without any additional action – can create thousands of Mexican jobs, grow the gross domestic product (GDP) of several Mexican states, and generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in new spending in the United States.
Image: Mexican immigration officials along with the Mexican National Guard (Guardia Nacional) attempt to thwart illegal immigration crossing in to Southern California. The Jacumba Valley in Southern California is an isolated desert area which makes the crossing easy to accomplish. Coyote human smugglers charge from $11,000-$25,000 per person to illegally cross from Mexico, often based on country of origin. Many of those who now cross in to the US are classified as OTMs (other than Mexican) by the US Border Patrol.
US/Mexico border fence.
1/05/2024 Jacumba Valley, California, USA
Photo by Ted Soqui/SIPA USA.
Source link : https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/irregular-migration-starts-well-before-the-us-southern-border-focus-on-the-driving-causes-of-the-problem/
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Publish date : 2024-02-28 03:00:00
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