Mexico to USA migration

Question 1

Facts of migration

Answer 1

California currently houses 11,423,000 immigrants
Texas holding 7,951,000.
Many of these immigrants enter the country illegally

Question 2

Push factors

Answer 2

There are incredibly high crime rates in Mexico, especially in the capital. Homicide rates come in at around 10-14 per 100,000 people (world average 10.9 per 100,000).In 2000, unemployment rates in Mexico were at 2.2, however, in 2010, they rose to 5.37 in 2010. 47% of the population living under the poverty line.

Question 3

Pull factors

Answer 3

Mexico’s infrastructure is severely undeveloped when compared to America’s.
99% of the population in America can read and write. the majority of students in America finish school at 16.
USA is the richest country in the world at $ 17.5 Trillion

Question 4

Social impacts

Answer 4

The introduction of Mexican cultural traditions to America, especially in states with large numbers of migrants, have helped to improve cultural aspects of those states.
With so many young people leaving Mexico, its developing an increasingly dependant populationincreasing the dependency ratio as there is no workforce to pay taxes to support the elderly

Question 5

Economic factors

Answer 5

Migrants work at incredibly low wages.
While legal Mexican migrants are working & paying taxes, they often send money they earn back to their families in Mexico, rather than spending it in America.
As people move out of Mexico, pressure on land, social services and jobs is being relieved.