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MarbleFox_ t1_j1isck2 wrote

Reply to comment by Johnnadawearsglasses in Council report: NYC ‘failing to meet the moment’ as it faces migrant surge by lifandigoosogn

> We definitely need to continue to pull people out of poverty globally.

So, the problem I have with this sentence is that “continue” implies we’ve been doing something to pull people out of poverty all along, but the reality is things like NAFTA and CAFTA have caused much of the economic destabilization, growing intensity of poverty, and exploitation throughout the region.

I’m not saying we can’t have new and updated immigration practices and policies (although in an ideal world there wouldn’t be a need for that because borders wouldn’t exist in the first place) I’m merely point out that if we want to address this humanely then we need to address the root causes of this mass emigration, not just sit back and say the only fix is immigration reform.

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Johnnadawearsglasses t1_j1iuecv wrote

More people globally have moved out of poverty since 1990 than any time in history, driven by modernization in India and China. We are seeing the same now in Nigeria. The fact that it isn't happening in the LatAm countries is a tragedy that the US should take leadership on. But we shouldn't ignore the tremendous strides in alleviating global poverty over the past generation

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-evolution-of-global-poverty-1990-2030/?amp

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MarbleFox_ t1_j1ivwj9 wrote

I’m not ignoring the strides that have been made globally, I’m talking about the impact we have had with NAFTA and CAFTA throughout Central America over that same period.

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ZA44 t1_j1lzwuc wrote

Why are you bringing up Asian and African countries when the person clearly brought up NAFTA and other trade deals that are overwhelmingly effecting the people that are crossing our border and causing the current immigration crisis?

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