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Migration - Mexico to USA - Coggle Diagram
Migration - Mexico to USA
Causes:
Push Factors (Mexico):
Poor medical facilities - 1800 people per doctor.
Low-paid jobs - GDP per capita is $14,406, with 40% unemployed.
Poor education prospects - 72% secondary school enrolment.
Unhappy life with poor standards of living.
Shortage of food.
Average life expectancy of 72 years.
Poor farming conditions.
National average poverty level of 37%.
Pull Factors (USA):
Excellent medical facilities - 400 people per doctor.
Well-pad jobs - GDP per capita is $46,860, with high job availability.
Good college education - Adult literacy rate of 99%.
High life expectancy of 76 years.
Better housing and family links.
Bright light syndrome - Hope to live a better life.
What: People are migrating from Mexico to USA.
Where: Mexico and USA are neighbouring countries in North America that share a border.
Impact on USA:
Benefit the US economy by working for low wages.
Culture has enriched the food, language and music.
Many educated and professional Mexicans bring their skills and expertise.
Benefits the housing industry - Cheaper homes.
Illegal migration costs millions of dollars for border patrols and prisons.
Drain on the USA economy.
Low wages affect Americans.
Cultural and racial issues.
68% of the 55,000 foreigners in US prisons are Mexican nationals.
Money sent back to Mexico by the immigrants is money that is lost from the American economy - In 2014, more than $25 billion was sent to Mexico.
Tuberculosis has increased.
Impact on Mexico:
Legal and illegal immigrants send approximately $6 billion a year as remittances.
Shortage of economically active people - brain drain.
Men emigrate leaving a majority of women - Trouble finding marriage partners.
Young people migrate leaving the old and the very young - Physically and mentally affect them.
Dependence on remittances - Impair local initiatives and create no incentives for people to move forward.
Illegal immigrants who cross into the US from Mexico have died in the scorching heat of the Arizona desert.
Demand to enter the US - Encouraged criminal organizations to profit from this (coyotes).