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MIGRATIONS:
A Collection of Views on Mexican Immigration
to the United States

Proposals for a New Immigration Policy


In “Blueprints for an Ideal Legal Immigration Policy,” a variety of individuals give their opinions on what U.S. immigration policy should look like.

In the transcript “Opening the Border,” a PBS panel discusses Mexican President Vicente Fox’s vision for an open border between Mexico and the United States.


In “The New Common Sense,” Teresa Hayter presents a case for open borders.

 

 

 

 

Research Questions

What factors cause people to emigrate from Mexico to the United States?

What is the history of Mexican immigration to the United States?

How has emigration to the United States affected the political climate in Mexico?

How has immigration from Mexico changed politics in California?

What was the Bracero Program? How did it intend to benefit immigrant workers? How did it intend to benefit growers? What problems arose?

Should a new Bracero Program be initiated? What are the arguments for and against a new “guest worker program”?

What are conditions like for immigrant workers in California’s fields?

How does the United States benefit from immigration? What are its costs?

What would a fair U.S. immigration policy look like? What proposals have been put forward?