global migration USA

Question 1

Background data:

Answer 1

Population- 332 million

Question 2

current trends

Answer 2

1 in 6 people in America are immigrants
25% foreign born from Mexico
attractiveness of use
-wage difference- remittances
-employment opportunities
-positive immigration policy

Question 3

opportunities for USA created by migration

Answer 3

-brings in new skills and ideas (brain gain) US immigration policy aims to attract highly skilled workers.
-most immigrants young and pay taxes- boosts economy.
-employment- doing low payed jobs- boosts…
-increase diversity
-they are consumers- generates wealth.

Question 4

challenges for USA created by migration

Answer 4

-where immigrants populations are particularly concentrated- bigger demand for recourses like housing education and healthcare.#
-estimated 10.9M unauthorised migrants in USA. Increase in people trying to cross the border- funding needed to tighten the border control security.

Question 5

scale of interdependence

Answer 5

each of the two countries has the largest diaspora living in the other.
in 2018 over 38.5M Mexicans lives in the USA
since formation of NAFTA bilateral trade between USA and Mexico has increased significantly.

Question 6

PSD on migration policies

Answer 6

immigration policies allows annual worldwide limit of 675,000 permanent immigrants.
humanitarian relief- temporary visors available each year for natural disasters or on going conflict.