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The Political Economy of Undocumented Migration Douglas S. Massey Woodrow Wilson School Princeton University

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Rise of Latino Threat Narrative

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Yields a Self-Reinforcing Non- Recursive Feedback Loop

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Consequences of the War: Public Opinion

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Back to the Future: Flows Then and Now 1956-1957 57,000 Documented Migrants per Year 441,000 Guestworkers per Year 498,000 Total Legal Entries per Year Apprehension Rate: 38.4 Migrants per Agent & Falling 2008-2009 177,000 Documented Migrants Per Year 331,000 Guestworkers per Year 508,000 Total Legal Entries per Year Apprehension Rate: 34.5 Migrants per Agent & Falling

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Major Difference Between Then and Now: Resident Undocumented Population 1956-1957 Effectively Zero 2007-2008 Currently Estimated at 10.8 Million 60% of all Undocumented Migrants Are Mexican 55% of All Mexicans Present in US Are Undocumented Of 11 Million Undocumented Migrants 3+ Million Entered as children 500,000-1 Million Former Temporary Protected Status

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Beating a Dead Horse: Americas Continuing War on Immigrants Douglas S. Massey Woodrow Wilson School Princeton University