impacts on USA

Question 1

positive - prepared to do jobs

Answer 1

Migrants are prepared to do unskilled, low paid jobs that Americans don’t want to do (eg. fruit picking, domestic services)

Question 2

positive - sunbelt thriving

Answer 2

In the sunbelt states of CA, NM, TX and AZ businesses are thriving from using cheap labour to increase profits

Question 3

negative - illegal

Answer 3

approximately 1/4 of Mexicans in USA are illegal and so don’t contribute to the economy as their money is sent back home

Question 4

negative - increased population

Answer 4

Increased population means more pressure on healthcare.

Services are costly to American taxpayers

Question 5

negative - language

Answer 5

Language barriers and cultural differences can lead to racial tension.

Could also occur in some areas as nationalities can become segregated

Question 6

positive - bigger market

Answer 6

Migration makes US population grow - bigger market for US companies to sell to means more money for the US economy.

Question 7

positive - increases diversity

Answer 7

migration increases diversity and culture in America (eg. Mexican food such as fajitas and nachos have become very popular)

Question 8

negative - American culture

Answer 8

A belief is that American culture in becoming diluted and there is concern over loss of identity.

34% of Californians are Mexican - rise in ‘spanglish’