Mexican Migration Push/Pull Factors

Question 1

Pull

Answer 1

Difference in quality of life between Mexico and USA
High poverty outnumbers amount of rich people who stay there
Existing migrant communities help to pull people towards America for example Mexicans in Texas and California
Children’s future - Better literacy rates and so education in USA - moving could open up opportunity for Mexican youth to allow them to get higher paying jobs

Question 2

Push

Answer 2

High crime rates in Mexico - people move as they fear for their lives
Hope that America provides a more stable place to live with lower crime rates
Unemployment and poverty rates high - people cannot provide for their families
Arid area suffering from water shortage, climate and natural hazards could force people to move to America