One would think having a diverse population would be a positive aspect and a good trait to have as a country, but knowing the United States social and economic situations right now, you can point a finger at many things that cause tension within our country, especially the war on drugs, immigration, and education in the United States. Although the United States isn't a cartel filled country like many other countries, we are still deeply involved with trying to settle the war on drugs as it can affect the economy and the employment rate in the US. ... Having family in Honduras and being fr...

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In the North-Central Mexican city of Juarez, times are often pretty rough. Crime is decreasing as of 2016, but the percentage of violent crimes in Mexico is still higher than almost all major cities in the country to the north, the United States. ... As Virginia Isaad points out "a new study from the UNICEF says that 5 out of 10 children in Mexico live in poverty" (Isaad). ... Of course, some Mexican citizens live comfortably, but a majority would leave Mexico in a hurry for the promise of an even slightly better life somewhere else. ... Thus, with slavery eventually outlawed after the Civil W...

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Individuals, families, tribes, and nations have been on the move for centuries where, political and economic factors, including wars; environmental challenges; and racism, xenophobia, and religious discrimination have at times uprooted people and at others lured them to new venues across continents. ... The current framework emerged following World War II and was shaped to address politically and ethnically motivated persecution perpetrated by totalitarianism regimes (e.g., Nazi Germany) and which was an appropriate response to the principal migrant crises that defined the post-war world -- ...

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Since the 1920s, large numbers of people have emigrated from Mexico to get higher paying jobs so that their families can have access to better food, shelter, healthcare and other necessary items and services. ... Most recently, the U.S. war on Iraq has created well over two million refugees who have no home. ...

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He gives an example of Mexican farmers who migrated to the United States even though they had land, but lack capital and infrastructures to generate financial sources to contrast upon the new economics of labor migration (Massey, p 303-310,1999). ...

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