-preference shown for specific employment placement for family reunification
Passing of the Quota Act in 1921 and the National Orgins act in 1924 by the U.S. Congress marked the end of unrestricted immigration to the U.S.
Family Reunification
-about 75% of immigrants
Skilled Workers
-about 25% of immigrants
-sending countries alleged preference for skilled workers contributes to brain drain
Diversity
-a few immigrants are admitted because their sending country historically has sent very few immigrants
Unauthorized Immigrants
-immigrants who come into the country without the legal documentation
>>roughly 58% of these immigrants come from Mexico
>>of the 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants, 1 million of them are children
>>unauthorized immigrants have given birth to 4.5 million children making them U.S. citizens
Duration of residency has increased for unauthorized immigrants has increased
-in 2010, 35% of adults lived here for at least 15 years
-approximately 8 million unauthorized immigrants are employed in the U.S.
-Texas and California currently have the most unauthorized immigrants
U.S. view on unauthorized immigration from Mexico standpoint
-Reasons to come in
>>employment opprotunities
>>family reunification
>>better way of life
Mexico view
Residents of northern mexico wish for compassion to be shown for unauthorized immigrants
Residents of southern mexico are less tolerant because they deal with unauthorized immigrants from Guatemala.
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