U.S. - Mexico Borderland

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The paper looks at five basic conditions that characterize the borderlands and discusses the migration movement from Mexico to the United States. The paper explains the effects of immigration on the U.S. and Mexico as well as the impact of the transfer of capital and commodities. The paper concludes that the borderland region encompasses numerous individuals, both Mexicans and Americans, that try to live in peace and create an economy and culture of their own.

From the Paper:

"A most important issue to discuss here is the migration movement from Mexico to the United States. In this particular sense, numerous Mexicans have left their country in hope to find a better life in the States. But their migration affected all borderlands, Mexico and America. Anthropologist Robert Hackenberg at the University of Colorado describes this issue as Hispanics' and Indians' movement from local ecology into the global economy (Hackenberg, 1997). To the United States, the migration of the Mexican population represents first of all the economic benefit of extremely cheap workforce. On a social level, the movement often generates reticence as the native born Americans fear to lose their jobs. Even more, the rates of criminality ever since the massive migration from Mexico have increased significantly. And the most eloquent proof in this sense is given by the state of California, where most Mexicans establish their homes."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Coleman, M., 2005, U.S. Statecraft and the U.S. - Mexico Border as Security/Economy Nexus, Political Geography, Volume 24, Issue 2, pp. 185-209
• Hackenberg, R., 1997, The U.S.-Mexico Borderland in Century XXI, Culture and Agriculture, Volume 19, Number 3
• Longley, R., December 2004, Illegal Immigration Costs California Over Ten Billion Annually, About US Government Info
• Martinez, O.J., 1994, Human Interaction in the Texas - Mexico Borderlands, University of Arizona, http://www.humanities-interactive.org/borderstudies/text/essay.htm last accessed on March 28, 2008
• Prieto, A., June 1999, Introduction: The Mexico - U.S. Borderland, Information Services Latin America, http://isla.igc.org/Features/Border/mex_intro.html last accessed on March 28, 2008

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