Migration to the United States

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Migration to the United States

• What is the impact on people and places?

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Migration to the United States

• Push and Pull factors drive people to move to a
  new country.
• Push Factors are the things that make you unhappy
  and want to move from your country.
• Pull Factors are the good things that make you
  want to move to a new country.

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Migration to the United States

• 65 million people have migrated to the United
  States in the past 190 years.
• The United States receives the highest number of
  international immigrants (people born in another
  territory and no longer resident there).

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Each territory's size on the map is drawn
according to its land area. http//www.sasi.group.
shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/index_map.html
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The territory size shows the number of
international immigrants that live there
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• 1) Based on what you know about migration, how
  would explain the previous map?
• Which countries/continents have strong pull
  factors?

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Three Waves of Immigration

• The first great wave of immigration began with
  the founding of the United States.
• They came from Northern Europe because of
  poverty, hunger, and political freedom.
• The second wave of immigrants began in the late
  1800s.
• They came from eastern and southern Europe, or
  Asia because of war or persecution because of
  their religious beliefs.
• The third wave of immigrants began in the late
  1960s and is still going on.
• 24 million people have moved to the United States
  since 1970. 75 of them have been from Latin
  America.

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Irish
Hispanic Population
Asian Population
African Population
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Immigration Today

• Mexico to the United States
• Pull Mexicans are pulled to the U.S. by jobs,
  education, location, and personal freedoms
  available.
• Push lack of opportunities such as Jobs and
  education.
• Vietnam to the United States
• Pull democracy, jobs, education
• Push As the United States left Vietnam, the
  South Vietnamese who supported the U.S. to
  protect themselves

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Migration Within United States

• California to Texas
• Pull cheaper labor, cheaper land, skilled and
  educated workers, business costs are less
• Push living expenses higher, land and labor are
  more expensive, business costs higher
• Katrina (forced Migration)
• Pull most went to Houston because it was the
  closest large city
• Push hurricane and flooding destroyed homes and
  businesses.

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Migration Within United States

• Rust Belt
• Pull cheaper land and labor, cheap energy
  (started in 1960-1970 when oil was cheap and
  available in Texas)
• Push more expensive land and labor, unions in
  North and right-to-work states in South and
  Southwest.

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Territory size shows the number of international
emigrants originating there.
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• 2) What is your opinion of this map?
• Which countries/continents appear to have strong
  push factors?

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Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide
wealth that is found there.
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The territory size shows the number of
international immigrants that live there
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How does immigration affect the U.S.?

• Economic Impact Jobs
• The United States has long depended on immigrants
  for labor.
• Examples of economic impacts (jobs) on the U.S.
• low-paying jobs, professional jobs, and business
  owners
• Immigrant labor helped build America and fight
  its wars.
• Many immigrants work low-paying jobs that
  native-born workers dont want, such as farm work
  and house cleaning.
• Some are highly skilled, such as doctors,
  professors, and programmers.
• Some start new businesses or work as athletes or
  artists.

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• Why do you think more immigrants have lower
  paying jobs and only a few have highly skilled
  jobs (doctors, lawyers)

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How does immigration affect the U.S.?

• Economic Impact Taxes
• Immigrants who work pay taxes which support
  public services. Some immigrants also use public
  services that are paid for by taxes
• Examples of economic impacts (taxes) on the US
• Taxes support schools, libraries, health clinics,
  and free public services.
• Working immigrants pay taxes that support
  schools, libraries, and health clinics.
• Some immigrants need services such as English
  language classes, welfare, and health care.

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Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide
spending on public health services (free health
care) that is spent there.
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• If health care and public schools are paid by
  taxes, do you think the people who live in the
  United States benefit from immigration?

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How Does Emigration Affect the Homelands People
Left Behind?

• When people emigrate, they take with them
  whatever they might have contributed to life in
  their home land (brain drain).
• Examples of economic impacts (brain drain and
  gain)
• Loss of educated people and money is sent back
  home to families
• Home countries lose the training and talent of
  skilled emigrants.
• Many immigrants send money, or remittances, back
  to their families.
• Some immigrants go to school or work and then
  return to their homeland to share their new
  skills and experience.

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Territory size shows the proportion of all
physicians (doctors) that work in that territory.

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• What is like when you go to the doctor? Do you
  wait a long time? How do you think the loss of
  educated people (doctors, engineers) affects the
  people whos country they leave behind?

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How Does Emigration Affect the Homelands People
Left Behind?

• Emigration affects the country and the people
  left behind.
• Examples of social impacts (divided families,
  community improvements)
• Divides families but also helps the family with
  money sent home.
• Examples of social impacts (divided families,
  community improvements)
• When people leave to find jobs, families are
  splintered, sometimes for years.
• Remittances may be used to help family members
  pay for health care and schooling and communities
  to help pay for wells, schools, and other
  improvements.