ACs Influence And Drive Change In The Global Migration System

Question 1

What is the USA’s GDP per capita?

Answer 1

$70,000

Question 2

What is the USA’s annual economic growth?

Answer 2

5.9%

Question 3

What percentage of the USA work in services or science?

Answer 3

80%

Question 4

In 2018 how many immigrants were living in the USA and what percentage of the total population was this?

Answer 4

44.7 million
13.7%

Question 5

What could immigrants possibly get from the USA’s positive immigration policy?

Answer 5

A green card = permanent stay

Question 6

What do the USA think is important regarding migrants?

Answer 6

Family reunification

Question 7

What sort of people emigrate from the USA?

Answer 7

Highly skilled workers in education, IT and communications

Question 8

Where do USA emigrants migrate to?

Answer 8

Countries with political, economical, historical ties
Canada, UK, EU countries

Question 9

What percentage of immigrants in the USA are Mexican?

Answer 9

25%

Question 10

How many annual visas are available for reuniting families?

Answer 10

480,000

Question 11

How many visas are available for migrants with valuable skills?

Answer 11

140,000

Question 12

How does the USA promote diversity?

Answer 12

Randomly assigning 50,000 visas a year to countries with low immigration rates to the USA

Question 13

How does the USA help migrants with humanitarian reliefs

Answer 13

Provide temporary visas to people escaping natural disasters

Question 14

How much money does reciprocal manufacturing trade create per day between the USA and Mexico?

Answer 14

$1.4 billion

Question 15

What Mexican sectors have improved from bilateral trade with USA FDI?

Answer 15

Aerospace and IT

Question 16

What sectors do low skilled Mexicans work in in the USA?

Answer 16

Agriculture
Construction
Low paid services

Question 17

In 2015 how much money was made from Mexican remittances? What % of Mexican GDP was this?

Answer 17

$25.2 billion
2.2%

Question 18

In 2018 how many Mexicans were living in the USA?

Answer 18

38.5 million

Question 19

Mexico and the USA have each others largest ________ groups

Answer 19

Diaspora

Question 20

What sort of social issues do the USA and Mexico cooperate on?

Answer 20

Border security
Drug trade
Human trafficking

Question 21

What environmental issues do Mexico and the USA deal with?

Answer 21

Water scarcity
Management of Colorado river basin
Ecology of the Sonoran desert

Question 22

How many estimated unauthorised immigrants are there in the USA?

Answer 22

10.9 million

Question 23

How do the US Department of Homeland Security tackle illegal immigrants?

Answer 23

More border agents on the southern maritime and land borders as well as the west coast

Question 24

What is the integration of immigrant groups like in the USA?

Answer 24

Uneven depending on the group size

Question 25

What happens to resources and services in highly concentrated immigrant areas?

Answer 25

Stress on supply

Question 26

What kind of people does the USA’s immigration policy attract?

Answer 26

Persons of extraordinary ability
Arts, science, athletics, business

Question 27

What is the demographic of most migrants like?

Answer 27

Young working age

Question 28

What do immigrant consumers help with?

Answer 28

Job creation
Business start ups
Wealth generation

Question 29

In 2018 what % of Mexicans were employed in USA services?

Answer 29

29%

Question 30

What kind of jobs generally do immigrant populations take?

Answer 30

Low paid
Unattractive to USA-born citizens