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Because they think that the US is the land of opportunity, that by coming here they will get paid well for their hard work and will be able to send money to help their families live a better quality of life. In some latin American countries the working people get paid very little for their work, you are either rich or poor, not in between.

Hey fire089 here,

Also to add to this statement, have you ever heard of the push-pull theory?

It states certain bad things PUSH people out of a certain place and new, good things PULL them over to that new place.

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