regions of the United States and Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol polices U.S. boundaries, seeking to apprehend any individual … southern California, southwestern Texas, and Mexican cities on the U.S.-Mexico border. For each region, we have high …) immigration from Mexico has a minimal impact on wages in U.S. border cities …

We examine illegal immigration in the United States from Mexico over the period 1976-1995. One challenge is that we do … individuals apprehended attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. Based on a simple migration model, we postulate the … apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border, person hours the U.S. Border Patrol spends policing the border, and wages in the United …

In this paper, I examine how the growth of offshore assembly in Mexico has affected manufacturing activity in U ….S.-manufactured components receive preferential tariff treatment upon reentry into the United States. Foreign assembly plants in Mexico, most of … Mexico increases the demand for manufacturing goods produced in U.S. border cities. Implications of the North American Free …