Undocumented Immigration to the United States, Explained

Abstract

To explain why or how international migration occurs and why immigrants decide, or perhaps are forced, to migrate without legal documentation is a very complex issue. It takes me an entire semester to explain to my students the complexities associated with how and why undocumented immigration to the U.S. exists. Here, I explain just that, why people migrate without legal documents to the United States. Basically, it is because they have no other choice. While the U.S. maintains a huge demand for cheap labor and unskilled occupations, U.S. immigration laws don