Why do Mexicans illegally cross the US-Mexican border?

Answer 1

So that way we know where one country ends and the other begins like state borders

And so help regulate the amount of illegal stuff (drugs people weapons food)

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Answer 2

Like most modern Americans (unless you are a Native American), they leave their home country for economic, religious or political reasons. In the case of Mexicans (and nowadays, more and more Central Americans), they are attracted to the "American dream": while, on average, a U.S. worker earns a wage of US$58,714, the average Mexican worker earns only US$14,867.

In addition, many of them flee their home countries due to increasing drug violence in Mexico and the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras). For example, while the United States has a murder rate of 3.9 homicides per 100,000 people, the Mexican state of Guerrero has a murder rate of 67; El Salvador has a rate of 64, and Honduras has a rate of 84 (highest in the world).

Most illegal immigrants are people with little or no education; most of them are former farm laborers who do not earn enough to support their families and are forced to look for alternatives. As the process of Immigration and naturalization into the U.S. would disqualify them, many opted to enter the country illegally.

Nowadays, due to stricter border controls and a general improvement of the Mexican economy, the immigration process has begun to reverse: the net migration rate between 2009 and 2014 is 140,000 people leaving the country for Mexico; most illegal immigrants that enter U.S. soil today are Central Americans, and even an increasing number of them apply for asylum in Mexico.

Mexico Push Factors:

• Few opportunities
• Poor medical care
• Loss of wealth
• Poor housing
• Discrimination

Pull Factors of the United States:

• Job opportunities
• Better living conditions
• Education
• Better medical care
• Security
• Family links

Answer 3

Most illegal immigrants who enter Mexico come from Central America. Their main objective is to reach the United States, usually following the Tapachula-Reynosa railroad route that goes from the southern state of Chiapas, bordering Guatemala, then traveling along the Gulf of Mexico and into the US-Mexico border, close to the city of McAllen, Texas.

Also there are many illegal immigrants in Mexico because it is an emerging market, with a bigger income than most countries in Latin America, including Brazil and as of late, Argentina (the first and third largest economies in Latin America, respectively). For example, Mexico's income compared to other Latin American countries would be as follows (figures for 2012):

• Mexico: US$15,600
• Venezuela: US$13,800
• Brazil: US$12,100
• Colombia: US$11,000
• El Salvador: US$7,600
• Guatemala: US$5,300

Answer 4

Like most modern Americans (unless you are a Native American), they leave their home country for economic, religious or political reasons. In the case of Mexicans (and nowadays, more and more Central Americans), they are attracted to the "American dream": while, on average, a U.S. worker earns a wage of US$58,714, the average Mexican worker earns only US$14,867.

In addition, many of them flee their home countries due to increasing drug violence in Mexico and the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras). For example, while the United States has a murder rate of 3.9 homicides per 100,000 people, the Mexican state of Guerrero has a murder rate of 67; El Salvador has a rate of 64, and Honduras has a rate of 84 (highest in the world).

Most illegal immigrants are people with little or no education; most of them are former farm laborers who do not earn enough to support their families and are forced to look for alternatives. As the process of immigration and naturalization into the U.S. would disqualify them, many opted to enter the country illegally.

Nowadays, due to stricter border controls and a general improvement of the Mexican economy, the immigration process has begun to reverse: the net migration rate between 2009 and 2014 is 140,000 people leaving the country for Mexico; most illegal immigrants that enter U.S. soil today are Central Americans, and even an increasing number of them apply for asylum in Mexico.

Mexico Push Factors:

• Few opportunities
  
• Poor medical care
  
• Loss of wealth
  
• Poor housing
  
• Discrimination
  

Pull Factors of the United States:

• Job opportunities
  
• Better living conditions
  
• Education
  
• Better medical care
  
• Security
  
• Family links
  

Answer 5

There is a border between every two countries that touch each other. There is also a border between the United States and Canada.

Answer 6

Because the US government is trying to stop the influx of illegal people (who do not have visa/passport) into US soil.

Answer 7

to keep the mexican's out of the USA, guess that is not working to well, seeing we have over 5 million illegal Mexicans in the USA,,,

Answer 8

Both countries delimited their international boundaries after the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and after the Gadsden Purchase (1853).

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Answer 9

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