Mexican Immigration

A new report by the Pew Hispanic Center http://pewhispanic.org/ reveals that the 6.3 million Mexicans who came to the U.S. illegally did so because of better job opportunities and family connections. "Our perception of the unauthorized workforce is that these people who are desperate, (who) would do something illegal," Rakesh Kochhar, author of the report, told USA Today. "This is not the case. Unemployment is not a motivation. The typical motivation is opportunity and long-term prospects." Most of the undocumented workers already held jobs in Mexico and came to the U.S. to obtain better paying work, the report says.