note of 12/7/2018

Countries have adopted selective imigrantion policies
Preference shown for specific employment placement and family reunification
Passing of Quota act in 1921 and the national Origins act in 1924 by the US congress marked the end of unrestricted immigrantion to the US
More seek admission to the US than is permitted by the quotas, thus preferences are shown toward
Family reunification
About 3/4 of immigrants
Skilled workers
Appoximately 1/4 of immigrants
sending countres alleged preference for skilled workers
contributes to brain drain-aterm for the disproptionate
amount of highly skiled and intellgent citizens migrating away from sending countries
Diversity
A few immigrants admitted, because their sending countries
Historically has sent very few migrants
unauthorized immigrants are those who enter a country without proper documents
Characteristics of unauthorized immigrates in the US
source country
Roughly 58 percent emigrate from Mexico
Children
of estimated 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants nearly 1 million are children
Unauthorized immigrants have given birth to 4.5 million children on US soil making the Children US citizen
Years in the US
Duration of residency has increased for unauthorized immigrants
in 2010, 35 percent of audlts had been in US for at least 15 years
Labor Force
Approximately 8 million unauthorized immigrants are employed in the US
Mexico's Border with the US recognizes motives that compel unauthorized immigrants to enter illegally
Employment opportunities
Family Reunification
Better way of life
View from mexico is more comples
Residents of northern Mexico wish for compassion to be shown to unauthorized immigrants
Residents of southern Mexico are less tolerant because of number of unauthorized immigrants entering Mexicoo from Guatemala