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Overview of Mexican Immigration Trends

This document discusses Mexican immigration to the United States over several decades. It begins by introducing the author's personal experience with her husband going through the immigration process. Most Mexican immigrants come to the U.S. for better jobs, education, and to reunite with family members. Half are considered undocumented. The U.S.-Mexico border was established in 1848 and stretches nearly 2,000 miles. In the late 19th century, migrant workers from Mexico filled labor shortages in farming and mining in the Southwestern U.S. for very low wages. Currently, there are over 5 million undocumented youth in the U.S., though educational facilities are not required to check immigration status. President Trump has proposed building a

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Overview of Mexican Immigration Trends

This document discusses Mexican immigration to the United States over several decades. It begins by introducing the author's personal experience with her husband going through the immigration process. Most Mexican immigrants come to the U.S. for better jobs, education, and to reunite with family members. Half are considered undocumented. The U.S.-Mexico border was established in 1848 and stretches nearly 2,000 miles. In the late 19th century, migrant workers from Mexico filled labor shortages in farming and mining in the Southwestern U.S. for very low wages. Currently, there are over 5 million undocumented youth in the U.S., though educational facilities are not required to check immigration status. President Trump has proposed building a

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Mexican Immigration

I. Introduction

a. Who here is a United States Citizen? I am, and most of my family is, but not all of my

family members are. I am going through a long process for my husband in order for

him to become a permanent resident in this country. So far it hasn’t been such a

simple process, it is terrifying and stressful and has been ongoing for almost three

years. An immigrant is a person who is a considered and outsider, a foreigner, a

nonnative, or a newcomer. According to an article from the Migration Policy Institute

(2016), Mexican immigrants have been migrating to the United states for the past four

decades accounting for more than 28 percent of the 42.4 million foreign born

population, it is the largest immigrant origin group in the country.

b. Most Mexican immigrants cross the borders to come to the United States in search of

better employments opportunities, education, and to reunite with family members that

are born in the U.S. and are either “legal residents” or citizens. Half of the immigrants

are considered to be “illegal aliens,” “undocumented,” or “sin papeles” (Zong &

Batalova, 2016).

II. The Mexican Border

a. Came into existence in 1848

b. Invisible line stretching nearly 2,000 miles.

c. By the end of the nineteenth century, changes in Mexico and the southwestern United

States would initiate one of the most massive and sustained migratory flows in human

history (Henderson, 2011, p. 604).


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d. Different groups of immigrants have been favored, accepted, discriminated against,

and even banned from entering the country because of prevailing laws, policies,

practices (Sulkowski, 2017).

III. Migrant workers in the Southwestern States

a. Southwest had a very low population

b. Coal miners and farmers were desperate for workers, so they chose people who would

work for close to nothing.

c. Mexicans were the only labor source in the Southwest

d. The average pay in Mexico was about 15 cents a day, so when they went to work for

the states, they averaged 3 dollars a day

e. According to California Fruit Grower, “Mexicans are plentiful, generally

peaceable, and are satisfied with very low social conditions” (Henderson, 2011,

p. 605).

IV. Present day Mexican youth Immigration and Daca (Deferred Action For Childhood

Arrivals)

a. There has been a significant decline of Mexican Immigrants in the past nine years

(Warren & Kerwin, 2017).

b. There are over 5 million undocumented youth in the United States, a record high

c. There is not a law in place that states that educational facilities should require

documentation of a students’ legal status.

V. Conclusion

a. Most legal residents of the United States have obtained the proper documentation

from sponsorship by immediate family members who are U.S. citizens or legal
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residents, or by a spouse who has the required documents and legal status in this

country (Sulkowski, 2017).

b. President Donald Trump has come up with a plan and according to him, a solution,

from preventing additional illegal, undocumented and unauthorized Mexican’s from

crossing the border in to the United States.

c. The Wall, which would stretch 2,000 miles across the Mexican-United States boarder.

d. It would cost $21.6 Billion and take over three and half years to construct.

e. The Unites States national debt is


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References

Henderson, T. J. (2011). Beyond borders: a concise history of Mexican migration to the United

States. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell

Henderson, T. J. (2011) Mexican Immigration to the United States, in A Companion to Mexican

History and Culture (ed W. H. Beezley), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

Sulkowski, M. L. (2017). Unauthorized immigrant students in the United States: The current

state of affairs and the role of public education. Children and Youth Services Review, 77, 62-

68. 

Warren, R., & Kerwin, D. (2017). The 2,000 Mile Wall in Search of a Purpose: Since 2007 Visa

Overstays have Outnumbered Undocumented Border Crossers by a Half Million. Journal on

Migration and Human Security,

Zong, J., & Batalova, J. (2016, March 17). Mexican Immigrants in the United States. Retrieved

November 05, 2017, from [Link]

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