Countries
Mexico to USA
Pull factors(6)
400 per doctor about $46 000 GDP better housing more jobs 99% literacy rates family in USA
Push factors (5)
1 800 per doctor $14 000 GDP (about) poor housing 55% literacy 40% unemployment
Effect on USA (7)
$million on border patrol (like wall) low wages for long hours less jobs for locals strain on economy racial problems cultural enrichment more cases of TB
Effect on Mexico (6)
less economically active population Men leaving women and fam behind Less partners 6 billion back to Mexico per year Brain drain is occurring out of Mexico. e.g. An estimated 14,000 of the 19,000 Mexicans with doctorates live in the USA
Mexicans make up
29.5 % of all foreigners in the USA.