L4- Tortilla Curtain

Question 1

Give one quote for the immigration act

Answer 1

Annual limit of 675,000 permanent migrants

125,000 refugees

Question 2

What do you need to have in order to work and live in mexico

Answer 2

Immigrant visa

Question 3

What do you need to have in order to visit mexico

Answer 3

Non-immigrant visa

Question 4

Give an advantage of Mexican Immigrantion

Answer 4

30bn added to economy
Unskilled jobs filled
40% phD students from abroad
More likely to be entrepreneurial to create more jobs
Contributes ore tax revenue that US-Born amercians

Question 5

What is the problem of intense competiton (terms of jobs)

Answer 5

Wages are forced down and people are willing to work for less

Question 6

Give an disadvantage of Immigration

Answer 6

Health and welfare systems will be stretched because of more people
More competitions for jobs
Might not integrate into broader amercian culture
Huge amounts of money spent on controlling the border
Prisons to hold illegal immigrants
Huge wall to seprate the two countries
Also social costs

Question 7

What did the migration act want to do? ( think about business,refuge,ethnic density)

Answer 7

1) help businessess attract skilled foreign workers
2) continue to provide refuge if faced with presecution
3) increase ethnic density from some countries