Mexican Immigration

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Mexican Immigration
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Slide 1 Hauss,Charles. Comparative Politics.
California Thomson,2006. Slides 3-4. Accessed
Nov. 17th http//memory.loc.gov/learn/features/im
mig/mexican2.html Slide 5. Accessed Nov.
17th http//www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/tim
eline/17.html Slide 7. Accessed Nov. 17th
http//www.ailf.org/ipc/ipf0902.asp
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Mexico

• Population 101 Million
• GNP per capita 5,910
• Religion 89 Catholic, 6 Protestant, 5 other
  or none

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Border History

• This was the border prior to 1848. After the war
  in 1846 the U.S bought present day California,
  Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Nevada for
  15 million under the Treaty of Guadalupe
  Hidalgo.

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New Land

• Again in 1854 the U.S purchased the remainder of
  Arizona and New Mexico for an additional 10
  million under the Gadsden Purchase. This made
  thousands of Mexicans U.S residents.

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Bracero Program
Constructed In 1920 by both the U.S And Mexican
Government This allowed migrant workers to Come
into the country under Documentation .
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• In 1924 The U.S Border Patrol was created which
  lead to the definition of illegal alien
• Immigration has been encouraged off and on since
  WWI, depending on the economic need of the U.S.

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Today

• Demand for on-the-job and short-term
  employment on the rise.

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Pros and Cons

• The U.S has a workforce that is reliable and is
  incredibly cheap
• The Government can reject that workforce at
  anytime.

• Many argue that Mexican Immigration takes jobs
  from the American workforce
• Most importantly Mexicans are often exploited and
  not given the same benefits or pay as their U.S
  counterparts.