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Reported Romanoff NAFTA gaffe throws light on immigration record
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason May 20, 2010 06:14am |
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| Author | Luke Johnson |
| News Date | Thursday, May 20, 2010 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | It shouldn’t have been a hard question for a politician and former lawmaker to answer: What is the relationship between the North American Free Trade Agreement and the influx of undocumented workers since its ratification?
In the 2008 Democratic primary for president, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton talked about reforming NAFTA, mostly for the way it was contributing to the loss of manufacturing jobs in swing states like Ohio. In the years since the agreement went into effect, analysts and economists have reported that millions of Mexicans responded to the tariff-free influx of U.S. goods into their country and the loss of jobs in manufacturing and farming that resulted by “exporting” themselves north to reclaim their lost work.
Yet former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff reportedly drew a blank when asked about the connection. According to his interlocutor, Grand Junction Sentinel columnist Bill Grant, Romanoff said he didn’t know that there was a relationship between NAFTA and illegal immigration. |
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