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6 Push Factors for Mexico to USA

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  • High Unemployment (Up to 40% in some rural areas)
  • Low wages
  • Fewer Hospitals (Less equipment and medicines)
  • Fewer schools (More people per teacher & less universities)
  • Poor housing quality (Many shanty towns)
  • Poor farming conditions (Due to dry climate and poor soil)
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6 Pull Factors for Mexico to USA

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  • Many jobs (Mexicans work more for less)
  • Higher wages (Sometimes 10x higher)
  • Better healthcare
  • Better education (More universities)
  • Better housing quality (Accommodation and food security)
  • Geographically close to Mexico
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4 Positive effects on Mexico for Mexico to USA

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  • More jobs available in Mexico (Lower unemployment rate)
  • Reduces pressure on farmland (Less soil erosion)
  • Birth rate drops due to young people leaving (Less overcrowding)
  • Migrants send money back to Mexico ($8 billion per year)
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4 Negative effects on Mexico for Mexico to USA

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  • Less skilled people left (Less attractive to potential investors)
  • Loss of working age people (Less tax for Mexican government)
  • More ageing population
  • Lack of young people (Future of country is uncertain)
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5 Positive effects on USA for Mexico to USA

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  • Cheap labour (Mexicans work more hours for less pay)
  • Mexicans do jobs Americans don’t want to (Unsanitary, unskilled labour)
  • Mexicans ass to America’s economy ($31 billion per year in tax)
  • Mexicans become consumers (They help economy and create jobs)
  • There is cultural diversity (Part of American history to have migrants)
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5 Negative effects on USA for Mexico to USA

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  • Overcrowding in cities (40% of LA is Mexican)
  • Inadequate schools (& hospitals)
  • Mexicans take lowest paid jobs (Usually filled by niggas)
  • American government has to spend more money (Border control)
  • More money spent on services for Mexicans ($5 billion per year)