Migration stages from México to the United States in the 20TH century

Abstract

This work aims at elucidating the migration flow from Mexico to the United States, since these countries represent one of the busiest points of undocumented migrants in the world. Both Mexico and the United States are completely different countries from each other, yet they share an over 300-km-long borderline. Both countries are different from one another in the economic sphere because the United States is considered a developed country, while Mexico is a country that suffers from constant economic crises, which is one of the many reasons that drives the migration of Mexican people to the United States. Currently, however, not only does migration from Mexico to the United States occur because of economic crises, but also because of the insecurity that prevails in the former country and the phenomenon of globalization, since by emigrating Mexican people sell their workforce to developed countries. Besides being expulsion factors, these same factors drive new migrants to flee from their country of origin in the pursuit of new opportunities that meet their needs and resolve their insecurity issues. Thus, this work describes the six migratory stages that Mexican people have experienced when crossing to the United States, which are a hooking stage, a deportation stage, a Bracero Program stage, a legalization of migrants stage, an undocumented workers stage and a change in the migratory pattern stage.