Population: Impact on Recipient country (USA)

Question 1

Positive: willingness to do unskilled low paying jobs

Answer 1

Migrants are prepared to do unskilled, low paying jobs (fruit picking etc) that
Americans don’t want to do.

Question 2

Positive: Thriving business on border states- cheap labour

Answer 2

In California, Arizona and Texas, businesses are thriving from using cheap Mexican labour to increase profits

Question 3

Positive: Increased diversity and expanded culture

Answer 3

Migration increases diversity
and expands the culture of
the USA.

Question 4

Negative: Illegal immigrants = no contribution to economy (give figure/fraction)

Answer 4

Around a quarter of Mexicans
in the US are illegal so do not
contribute to the economy

Question 5

Negative: more pressure on services

Answer 5

An increased population in
the US means more pressure
on services including housing
and education

Question 6

Negative: Expensive to carry out border controls

Answer 6

The US government spend
about $4.9 billion every year
on border controls to try to
manage illegal immigrants.