Geography

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In this essay I will discuss the social, economic and political reasons of the negative and positive impacts of Mexican migration on the USA and Mexico. In this case, the source country, is Mexico and the host country is America. The US has a long history of immigration. Since the 1850s till now many Mexicans have illegally crossed the US border by swimming across the Rio Grande ,attempting to cross the Arizona desert or hiding in coaches in desperate search of, the major push factor, the American dream. The American dream can be summed up as an opportunity to become wealthier and the ability to achieve everything. Furthermore the US has been described as ‘the land of opportunity’ as in 2010 ,340 out of 100,000 adults launched a new business each month. However economist estimates that Mexico’s GDP will grow twice as fast as the US in the upcoming year.

Mexico Paragraph 1-Negative

Migration has both positive and negative impacts on Mexico. A negative economic and social push impacts is the employment rates and wages. Nearly 60% of people aged 15 to 64 in Mexico have a paid job, which is lower than the employment average and people work 2 250 hours a year, more than the average of 1 776 hours, In places such as Zacatecas unemployment is rising and mining is no longer profitable. Whereas in America 67% of people aged 15 to 64 in the United States have a paid job which is above the employment average of 66%, people in the United States work 1 787 hours a year, more than the average of 1 776 hours. But although they work longer, their minimum wage is $3.49 and the American minimum wage is $6.75 in California, USA. In the town of San Jeronimo, 85% of all men over the age of 15 had left the village in search of work in other ...

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...ay ‘this so-called remittance money could be a viable alternative to relying on help from other governments’.All that money that was sent could've been used for much beneficial reasons such as; healthcare, education, safety, jobs and housing.

USA Paragraph 2-Positive

A positive social impact is that in the regions where immigrants have settled in the past two decades, crime has gone down, cities have grown, poor urban neighborhoods have been rebuilt, and small towns that were once on life support, are springing back. Which is creating three optimistic developments.

Another positive social,economical and political factor is that many migrants are taking ‘’blue-collar’’ and ’’pink-collar’’ jobs that Americans citizen don't want to and because ’blue-collar’’ and ’’pink-collar’’ jobs consist of lower wages, it is much more reasonable for the American government.