NAFTA was the catalyst the created the waves of immigration from Mexico. Why? "Free trade" destroyed many US factory jobs, but it vaporized Mexican agricultur

NAFTA was the catalyst the created the waves of immigration from Mexico. Why? "Free trade" destroyed many US factory jobs, but it vaporized Mexican agriculture. Small proprietor farms were out of business overnight by the flood of cheap US corn. The human element in illegal immigration is usually completely ignored. People don't pull up stakes and walk across a desert because they think that working in a poultry slaughterhouse is a great life. They do so because it is a better life than complete destitution that they face at home.