Mexico - EDC

Question 1

(+US) How do migrants benefit the US economy?

Answer 1

• By working for lower wages

Question 2

(+US) What does Mexican culture do to the US border?

Answer 2

• Enriches it with new food, language and music

Question 3

(+US) How do Mexican migrants benefit schools?

Answer 3

• More common for Spanish to be taught in schools
• Increases American students’ skill sets

Question 4

(+US) How many of taxes paid by migrants go to the national government?

Answer 4

• 2/3

Question 5

(-US) What challenges does illegal migration cause near the borders?

Answer 5

• Costs millions of dollars for border patrols and prisons
• Budget is $7.3 billion dollars

Question 6

(-US) How do the lowered wages affect the American people?

Answer 6

• American workers will also get payed less as a result of

Question 7

(-US) What disease has increased due to migration and by how much?

Answer 7

• Tuberculosis
• By 15%

Question 8

(-US) What problems might assimilation cause?

Answer 8

• Can cause closed communities
• Tension and even violence

Question 9

(-US) What is happening in the areas that people migrate to?

Answer 9

• Increasing crime rates

Question 10

(-US) How does remittance challenge the US?

Answer 10

• Less money spent in the US economy

Question 11

(-US) What proportion of migrants speak English just “a little” or “not at all”?

Answer 11

• 3/4 or more specifically 71%

Question 12

(+LA) What percentage of the population is Hispanic? Why is this good?

Answer 12

• 49%
• Introduces new culture and language

Question 13

(+LA) How many languages are recognised as spoken in LA?

Answer 13

• Over 220.

Question 14

(+LA) Where do most Mexican migrants work?

Answer 14

• Services
• Construction
• Transport

Question 15

(+LA) How do migrants affect the birth rate? And why?

Answer 15

• Increase it
• Migrant families typically have more children than non-migrant families

Question 16

(+MX) What are the positive impacts on Mexico?

Answer 16

• Migrants send $55.9 billion a year (2022)
• Pressure on services relieved

Question 17

(-MX) What are the negative impacts on Mexico?

Answer 17

• Shortage of economically active people (15-65 years)
• Santa Ines - lost 2/3 of inhabitants