Immigrant Informal Labor in Times of Anti-Immigrant Rage: Insights from Greater Phoenix

摘要: Comprising 25 cities and towns, in 2003 Greater Phoenix was the 13th largest metropolitan area U.S. terms of gross production third southwest only after Los Angeles-Long Beach Orange County California (Mayors 2004). Between 1993 2003, Phoenix’s economy grew average 8.2 % annually, a rate they placed this among ten most rapidly expanding economies U.S High-wage occupations led growth, followed by medium-wage paying jobs high-tech, aerospace/aviation, biotechnology, software industries (MAG 2005). Due to its location within one major transportation corridors North America, is also becoming hub trade resulting from American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).