A tide that cannot be turned.
The writer argues that economic self interest is a better indicator of immigration policy than humanitarianism. The corporatization of illegal immigration has given urgency to the immigration debate, and the existence of the welfare state has created a conflict between open-door humanitarian immigr...
| Publicado en: | New Statesman Vol. 130; pp. 25 - 28 |
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New Statesman Ltd.
April 16 2001
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