The Economic and Political Effects of Illegal Immigration in the United States During the Presidency of George W. Bush

Abstract

Beginning with the 1965 Act that has brought change to the face of the whole nation, and followed by trade agreements that opened America’s borders, the foundations of a globalized United States have been laid in the second half of the twentieth century. These measures were taken in light of development – sustaining the country as a decisive economic power that is able to compete in the global market. However, when the borders opened to corporate expansion capital was not the only thing to cross the border but a multitude of poor undereducated and unemployed Third-World nationals came streaming into the United States mainly from Mexico...