“Immigration Reform, Labor Mobility and Regional Economic Growth in North America 2010” Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Ph.D. Professor of Economics and Researcher at DEE, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) adiazbau@hotmail.com Prepared for the 14th Annual U.S. - Mexico Congressional Border Issues Conference Immigration Reform and Security Cooperation, March 17-18, 2010, Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

1. “ Immigration Reform, Labor Mobility and Regional Economic Growth in North America 2010” Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Ph.D. Professor of Economics and Researcher at DEE, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) adiazbau@hotmail.com Prepared for the 14 th Annual U.S. - Mexico Congressional Border Issues Conference Immigration Reform and Security Cooperation, March 17-18, 2010, Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

5. If it were possible to locate most illegal immigrants currently in the U.S., would you favor deporting as many as possible or would you favor setting up a system for them to become legal residents? Source: Fox News poll, June 2007

19. ( % annual variation) Sources: INEGI and US Federal Reserve. Industrial Production in Mexico and the United States during the Fox and Calderon Administrations

20. Contribution of Mexican Immigrants to the U.S. Economy Since the enactment of the NAFTA agreement in 1994, more than 10 million Mexican immigrants have crossed the border. Some recent studies suggest that the contribution of Mexican immigrants to the U.S. Economy is greater than the impact of NAFTA in the economy. First generation Mexican immigrants are estimated to be more than 11 million, which is equivalent to 11 percent of the population that resides in Mexico and 64% of the Hispanic work force in the U.S. If we add second and third generation migrants, the number comes out to be close to 18 million people. The number of people with Mexican decent is estimated close to 30 million living in the United States. Mexican migrants that live in the United Status are relatively young with an average age of 35 years old. In 1994, 63% of migrants did not reach 10 years of education. By 2007, 47% of migrants did not have more than 10 years of education.

34. Concentrated border enforcement era Spending on border enforcement has quadrupled since 1993.

48. “ Immigration Reform, Labor Mobility and Regional Economic Growth in North America 2010” Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Ph.D. Professor of Economics and Researcher at DEE, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) adiazbau@hotmail.com Prepared for the 14 th Annual U.S. - Mexico Congressional Border Issues Conference Immigration Reform and Security Cooperation, March 17-18, 2010, Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.