Working Lives: Human Traffic - 'Cross Border Trafficking'

[SealLion]

This is just one of a few clips that you can see on Vimeo.com. It's about people who cross a border illegally. They do it b/c of the strong need to support their own family. One of the men states that he has 8 children to support. That is a large family to support. So he does what he feels is necessary. He decides to cross the border into the States illegally.

This short clip is about human trafficking in one part of the world. As most of you know, human trafficking takes place in all quarters of the world where poverty and in other cases, the need for food is more important than the dangers that one who trafficks themselves is places him/herself into.

Think human sexual trafficking in East Asia as an example. Think 10 year old girls. I think you get the idea now.

Anyways. Enjoy this very short clip and consider yourself fortunate that you neither have to nor need to do what these people feel they need to do.

EDIT: Sorry. But this video cannot be embedded here on the forum. To see this video, go to the following link:

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[Blocker]

I think the migration definitely alters in many ways the families in Mexico ,the main aspects are socio-economics
some towns in north of Mexico are only settle by women,their children grown up and look for crossing the border as soon as they are able,
the fact it that the mexican goverment should attempt to give those children education and in the future jobs or ways to develop their own business
in the communities, that way the income they create will help the economy in their towns and the development,if these young people go to U.S and send money back to their families and this money is not invested ,the people become dependent and unproductive most of the times.
I think it is a complex situation ,and it can not be solved so easily ,it needs a real good strategy from both goverments: Mexico and US.,and maybe it will need years to progress in this problem.

I have the following old article to share, it has interesting data.


Give and take across the border / 1 in 7 Mexican workers migrates -- most send money home
May 21, 2006|Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau

Three-quarters of the estimated 12 million illegal migrants in the United States come from Mexico and Central America. Mexicans make up 56 percent of the unauthorized U.S. migrant population, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Another 22 percent come from elsewhere in Latin America, mainly Central America and the Andean countries. These same countries send many of the half-million new illegal immigrants who arrive each year.

Migration is profoundly altering Mexico and Central America. Entire rural communities are nearly bereft of working-age men. The town of Tendeparacua, in the Mexican state of Michoacan, had 6,000 residents in 1985, and now has 600, according to news reports. In five Mexican states, the money migrants send home exceeds locally generated income, one study found.

Last year, Mexico received a record $20 billion in remittances from migrant workers. That is equal to Mexico's 2004 income from oil exports and dwarfing tourism revenue.

Arriving in small monthly transfers of $100 and $200, remittances have formed a vast river of "migra-dollars" that now exceeds lending by multilateral development agencies and foreign direct investment combined, according to the Inter-American Development Bank.

The money Mexican migrants send home almost equals the U.S. foreign aid budget for the entire world, said Arturo Valenzuela, director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University and former head of Inter-American Affairs at the National Security Council during the Clinton administration.

"Where are we going to come up with $20 billion?" to ensure stability in Mexico, Valenzuela asked at a recent conference. "Has anybody in the raging immigration debate over the last few weeks thought, could it be good for the fundamental interests of the United States ... to serve as something of a safety valve for those that can't be employed in Mexico?"

Migration has caused significant social disruption in Mexico, though research is scant, said B. Lindsay Lowell, director of policy studies at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University.

"We do know that it can break up families, and has done so in many traditional sending areas," he said. "The husband comes to the United States and stays for many years. His wife is on her own with the children. In some cases, the couple comes to the United States and leaves their children behind with relatives."

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[slikrapid]

It's about people who cross a border illegally. They do it b/c of the strong need to support their own family. One of the men states that he has 8 children to support.

another irresponsible parent: if you cannot support a family, don't have one, let alone one of such proportions
besides, there are many immigrants who managed to do it legally (relatives/friends, working permits) just fine...come to think about it, (almost) the whole usa was built upon immigration...not to mention that immigration is only one of the available possibilities


consider yourself fortunate that you neither have to nor need to do what these people feel they need to do.

it has nothing to do with being fortunate, its about: what are you going to do with the cards dealt to you



if these young people go to U.S and send money back to their families and this money is not invested ,the people become dependent and unproductive most of the times.

well, its invested in raising their living standards (as opposed to what it was before the immigration), the rest is a possibility


I think it is a complex situation ,and it can not be solved so easily ,it needs a real good strategy from both goverments: Mexico and US.,and maybe it will need years to progress in this problem.

as said before, these governmental strategies are a hollow perpetuation of the existing inadequacies, ie. one can't expect them to solve anything, one has to do it himself (primarily: for & with one's own family and for himself)



Migration is profoundly altering Mexico and Central America. Entire rural communities are nearly bereft of working-age men.

umm, the 'same' happens within both usa & mexico: rural workforce migrates to cities


"Where are we going to come up with $20 billion?" to ensure stability in Mexico, Valenzuela asked at a recent conference. "Has anybody in the raging immigration debate over the last few weeks thought, could it be good for the fundamental interests of the United States ... to serve as something of a safety valve for those that can't be employed in Mexico?"

huh? he conveniently forgot that those immigrants were actually doing some work for usa, most likely cheaper than it would have been done by usa citizens (hence lower prices for usa customers, though less tax for the state), likely even cheaper than if it had been done via outsourcing/relocation to mexico - that those immigrants bought usa products while staying in usa - that their families spent more on usa products in mexico - that remittances cannot be avoided regardless of the worker's legal status - all of which pretty much nullifies his complaints regarding the financial aspect, not to mention the suspicious (read: intentional) usa incompetence at dealing with excessive immigration & illicit employment


"We do know that it can break up families, and has done so in many traditional sending areas," he said. "The husband comes to the United States and stays for many years. His wife is on her own with the children. In some cases, the couple comes to the United States and leaves their children behind with relatives."

oh yeah, i bet he's real concerned about that issue

so, let me guess, the grand solution is 'embrace thy neighbor' (if you can't beat them, join them) aka the NAU, eh? :rolleyes: