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Reading: Mexican Immigration to the US

Finally, it is likely that overall migration and migration from Mexico in particular will continue
at roughly current levels. Thus, the United States can anticipate the entry of another 14
million immigrants between 2000 and 2010 with net migration of at least 400,000 Mexicans
per year. Consequently, the foreign-born population would increase from 31 million in 2000
to about 40 million in 2010, to represent 13 percent of the total population. The Mexican-
born population would grow from about nine million in 2000 to almost 13 million in 2010; at
that point, more than 10 percent of the Mexican-born population would be in the United
States with less than 90 percent in Mexico.

Adapted from Passel, J. Mexican Immigration to the US: The Latest Estimates

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Finally Summarising / Concluding In conclusion

Reading: Immigration & Poverty

Looking at rates of poverty is very important it provides a good deal of insight into Mexican
immigration's impact on the United States. Poverty rates have wide-ranging implications for
the immigrants themselves for society in general. Mexican immigrants are finding it difficult
to obtain a middle-class income, it implies that a significant proportion of immigrants are
unable to succeed in the modern American economy, it implies significant fiscal costs to the
country. Persons who live in or near poverty are, by design, eligible for a wide range of
means-tested programs. the progressive nature of payroll and other taxes, those with low
incomes pay relatively little in taxes. by consuming scarce public resources, an increase in
the size of the low-income population immigration may hinder the ability of the nation to
help those with low incomes already here.
Adapted from Camarota, S.A. Immigration From Mexico: Assessing the Impact on the United
States

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