Migration- unequal flows AC: The USA Flashcards
migrants numbers in 2015
47million, 14% of population
diversity of migrants
78 different nationalities, 50,000 at least from each
most prominent source countries
28% from mexico, 5% from China
why the USA is attractive
getting a green card, job opportunity for all skill levels, sending remittances, better services, refugee admission policy, importance of family reunification in policy
emigration from US
9million live abroad, mainly to Mexico Canada and UK, often return from migrants with american-born children, skilled workers often go to countries with business ties
migration policies
Immigration and Naturalisation Act, 675,000 annual permanent immigrants without includinf refugees
interdependence with Mexico
Mexico growing connection due to migrant flow, $25billion in remittances in 2015 to Mexico being 2% of GDP, reciprocal trade is $1.4B/ day, cooperation for issues like drug trade and border security
opportunities created
immigrants take unwanted low pay jobs, policy aims to take more high skill workers like 73% of Indian migrants in 2013 going into business and science, young workers, migrants consume
challenges created
12million unauthorised migrants in US, integration processes slow, issues with resource supply to areas with large immigrants population
