14 Quotes by Douglas Massey

What happens in Jamaica today is that the elites stay because they have the power. It's the upwardly mobile and aspiring professional classes that leave.

The US wants the labor, but doesn't want to address the risks people take to get here.

The U.S. wants the labor, but doesn't want to address the risks people take to get here.

Almost everybody gets in. It's just a matter of how many times it takes.

It's all part of the process of immigration. It's a wave of technology that's enabled immigrants to continue to play a more direct role in the lives of their families at home.