migration cont.

• countries have adopted selective immigration policies
• preference is shown for specific employment placement and family reunification
• passing of the quota act in 1921 and the national origins act in 1924 by us congress marked the end of unrestricted immigration to the us
• more seek admission to us than is permitted by the quotas, thus preferences re shown toward
• family reunification
• about 3/4 of immigrants
• skilled workers
• approximately 1/4 of immigrants
• diversity
• few immigrants admitted
• brain drain: disproportionate amount of highly skilled and intelligent citizens migrating away from sending countries
• unauthorized immigrants are those who enter a country without proper documents
• characteristics of unathorized immigrants in the us
• source country
• roughly 58% emigrate from mexico
• children
• estimated 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants, 1 million are children
• unauthorized immigrants have given birth to 4.5 million children on us soil making the children us citizens
• years in the us
• suration of residency has increased for unauthorized immigrants
• in 2010 35% of adults had been in us of at least 15 years
• labor force
• approximately 8 million unauthorized immigrants are employed in the us
• distridution
• texas and California have the largest number of unauthorized immigrants
• mexicos border with the us
• view from us recognizes motives that compel unauthorized immigrants to enter illegally
• employment opportunities
• family reunificaion
• a better way of life
• view from mexico is more complex
• residents of northern mexico wish for compassion to be shown to unauthorized immirgrants
• residents of southern Mexico are less tolerant because of number of unauthorized immigrants entering Mexico from Guatemala