Other Side Of Immigration

The Other Side of Immigration film mainly focuses on the causes of migration from Mexico to the United States due to economic and social issues. The film shows the effects on the families after the men leave to find better job opportunities in the United States. There has been a high unemployment rate in Mexico and most of it is to blame for the government because of the economic uncertainly and immigrants were defamed and seen as the cause of unemployment. Migration is not the problem, the problem is the lack of opportunities in Mexico which is the responsibility of the government to boost the economy to take care of the residents. But even although the United Sates sends millions of dollars to Mexico to boost the economy, the resident’s claim
This article mentions, we see an unfair global trade regime that impedes development and an unstable global financial system in which poor counties repeatedly find themselves with unimaginable debt burdens (Stiglitz 2006). Relaying back to the film, Mexico has repeatedly received money from the United States to boost their economy so migration can be in more control, but where there is corruption, violence, and no opportunities people are always going to flee from their country and it comes down to migration, it occurs everywhere. Looking at the conflict in Syria, families will go the furthest to support their families and provide their kids for a better education. The article also mentions. “The fact that so many countries end up with unmanageable debt burdens suggest that the problem is systemic. Global markets are highly volatile and too often the poor bear the brunt of exchange rate and interest rate changes. Yet nothing has been done about these underlying problems.” (Stiglitz 2006). Each time that the United States gives Mexico money, its debt on their country and as the article says, the country is too poor to bear the exchange rate and interest rate. The film had mentioned that companies will go into these poor countries