significant effect on remittance flows from illegal migrants took place after the implementation of the IIRIRA. This is consistent … confirms previous research that conditions and policies in the host country affect migrants' remitting behaviour, and migrants …' motivations are not only altruistic but also self-interested. Given that migrants' remittances and their savings are important …

We examine how increasing the number of visas available to potential migrants would affect unauthorized immigration … potential Mexican migrants have an extremely low probability of ever being able to legally move to the U.S. We develop a dynamic … increase in permanent legalization without resulting in very large increases in the total stock of migrants residing in the U …