Invest in Education in Mexico to Curb Emigration?

“While U.S. politicians and immigration experts prefer to link the reduction in both legal and undocumented immigration with beefed up border security and restrictions on the rights of illegal aliens, a more genuine determinant is more likely to be Mexico’s improved education and literacy rates,” writes Ben Lamport, a research associate for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs.

Mary Ann Zehr of Education Week asks: “Would policymakers be wise to halt the spending of money on a wall stretching along the U.S.-Mexico border and instead invest dollars in schooling in Mexico, as Lamport suggests would be a more effective action?” Read more…

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