Mexico To USA

Question 1

Push factors

Answer 1

Not enough land to live off
Poor quality land
Low income

Question 2

General info

Answer 2

90% Mexicans in the USA are illegal immigrants

10 million Mexicans live in USA

Question 3

Positive consequences

Answer 3

Mexicans do low paid, hard, dangerous jobs that US workers don’t want to do
Contribution to Mexican government, $20 million sent back per year

Question 4

Negative consequences

Answer 4

Families split up
Women have to work
Tension between natives and Mexicans
Population decline in rural Mexico
Standard of living for immigrants does not improve that much
Americans wages = $26,000 Mexicans wages = $8,000 in LA

Question 5

Management

Answer 5

Must apply for a visa
17,000 guards patrol boarders
Large fences - 1.2 million still get through

Question 6

Sustainability

Answer 6

US needs migrants to do dirty jobs
Too many migrants would be a problem
Visa system allows useful migrants in

Question 7

Pull factors

Answer 7

Average income higher in USA
better standard of living
Longer life expectancy