Comments on: Return Migration http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/06/15/return-migration/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jeffrey Rainer http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/06/15/return-migration/#comment-15726 Jeffrey Rainer Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:43:24 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1500#comment-15726 the article is awsome the article is awsome

]]> By: Ralph P Dickerson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/06/15/return-migration/#comment-15725 Ralph P Dickerson Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:52:29 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1500#comment-15725 your blog is great! your blog is great!

]]> By: John Thacker http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/06/15/return-migration/#comment-15724 John Thacker Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:31:50 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1500#comment-15724 <em>The danger is that like the German minister said we will expect guest-workers and instead get people who settle here.</em><br><br>And worse, people who settle here but who never assimilate (and/or are never allowed to). The danger is that like the German minister said we will expect guest-workers and instead get people who settle here.

And worse, people who settle here but who never assimilate (and/or are never allowed to).

]]> By: TGGP http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/06/15/return-migration/#comment-15723 TGGP Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:58:49 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1500#comment-15723 A genuine guest-worker program would encourage just that to happen, perhaps by prohibiting them from staying beyond a certain amount of time (if there are quotas, it would even assist in making it equitable by preventing some laborers from hogging the slots continually). The danger is that like the German minister said we will expect guest-workers and instead get people who settle here. A genuine guest-worker program would encourage just that to happen, perhaps by prohibiting them from staying beyond a certain amount of time (if there are quotas, it would even assist in making it equitable by preventing some laborers from hogging the slots continually). The danger is that like the German minister said we will expect guest-workers and instead get people who settle here.

]]> By: Speedy Relocation » Blog Archive » Return Migration http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/06/15/return-migration/#comment-15716 Speedy Relocation » Blog Archive » Return Migration Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:42:15 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1500#comment-15716 [...] Read more here [...] [...] Read more here [...]

]]> By: Aaron Brown http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/06/15/return-migration/#comment-15722 Aaron Brown Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:41:01 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1500#comment-15722 ancestors --> descendants ancestors –> descendants

]]> By: jumbolachi http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/06/15/return-migration/#comment-15721 jumbolachi Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:16:17 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1500#comment-15721 I'd like to add that increased labor market integration with Mexico would probably improve the U.S. economy as well. However, a few people, particularly some of those who compete with Mexican immigrants for jobs, would lose out. I'd like to add that increased labor market integration with Mexico would probably improve the U.S. economy as well. However, a few people, particularly some of those who compete with Mexican immigrants for jobs, would lose out.

]]> By: jumbolachi http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/06/15/return-migration/#comment-15719 jumbolachi Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:12:08 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1500#comment-15719 There is empirical evidence that backs this hypothesis up. The Public Policy Institute of California put out a a paper a few years ago suggesting that increased border enforcement actually caused an increase in the level of unauthorized migrants living in the country. <br><br>Let's see if disqus allows html links: <a href="http://www.ppic.org/main/pressrelease.asp?p=275" source="" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a press release for said paper. There is empirical evidence that backs this hypothesis up. The Public Policy Institute of California put out a a paper a few years ago suggesting that increased border enforcement actually caused an increase in the level of unauthorized migrants living in the country.

Let's see if disqus allows html links: Here is a press release for said paper.

]]> By: John Thacker http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/06/15/return-migration/#comment-15720 John Thacker Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:31:38 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1500#comment-15720 Thomas Sowell's <em>Ethnic America</em> is a bit old these days, but also made this point. It's quite an interesting book with a lot of data, focusing on particular ethnic groups and their experiences, similarities, and differences. Thomas Sowell's Ethnic America is a bit old these days, but also made this point. It's quite an interesting book with a lot of data, focusing on particular ethnic groups and their experiences, similarities, and differences.

]]> By: Stentor http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/06/15/return-migration/#comment-15718 Stentor Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:15:58 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1500#comment-15718 A related point is that stepped-up border enforcement in the US (and the continuing paucity of opportunities for legal immigration) has made more Mexican immigrants decide to settle here in a more permanent fashion (including bringing more whole families), because it's not worth the expense and risk to go back and forth over the border to maintain ties back home. A related point is that stepped-up border enforcement in the US (and the continuing paucity of opportunities for legal immigration) has made more Mexican immigrants decide to settle here in a more permanent fashion (including bringing more whole families), because it's not worth the expense and risk to go back and forth over the border to maintain ties back home.

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