No Need for a Wall: Latin Demographics to Shrink Immigration

by Dramelin 11:30 PM 0 comments

Demographic trends are already slowing immigration to the U.
S.
from Latin America, making the current administration?s desire for a border wall look ?anachronistic,? according to new research by University of California, San Diego, economists.
The plan to build the southern border wall -- which Trump insists Mexico will pay for -- has already sparked a warning from Senate Democrats about a potential government shutdown.
U.
S.
President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a wall he promised on the campaign trail to keep out undocumented immigrants from Mexico.
Between 2000 and 2010, the number of U.
S.
Border Patrol agents policing the U.
S.
-Mexico border doubled to 17,500 officers, according to the paper.
Other dynamics reducing immigration to the U.
S.
include steady economic growth in some Western Hemisphere nations, which has helped shrink their income gap with the U.
S.
Also, border enforcement has intensified.