Population Case study: Mexicans to California
- Created by: deepa tharmaraj
- Created on: 08-01-13 16:44
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- Mexicans to California
- Mexican workers
- Mexico
- low standard of living
- lack of jobs
- poor education/healthcare
- Many mexican men used to move to USA to earn money and leave
- NOW they stay permanently with family
- Hispanics have recently migrated northwards to form a fast growing ethnic minority group in USA
- Mexico
- Jobs
- mexicans viewed as a drain on social security and welfare but they are the nations economy
- The take harder, dirtier, badly paid, dangerous, seasonal jobs
- Some mexicans earn more in 3-4 months in USA than 1 year in mexico
- Migrants illegal and legal
- 1-2 million try to cross the border each year
- They try again and again until they suceed
- The number of people that arrive with a green card rises and falls - depending on seasonal availability of jobs
- 1 million manage to get passed security
- 1-2 million try to cross the border each year
- Mexicans in LA
- Mexicans perceive it as "City of Opportunity'
- most immigrations have little qualifications
- Until they get a green card they are illegal and have to work low paid jobs
- insufficient pay - forced to live in ghettos in poor districts - Compton
- Mexican workers
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