e coming from countries where living conditions are bad and unemployment is high. If they do have a job the wages are very low and they are posed with the problem of not being able to properly provide for their families. "At 4.25 an hour, the U.S. minimum wage is approximately six times the prevailing one in Mexico, which is, in turn, higher than most in Central America." (Portes and Rumbaut, pg. 409) Who would not pack up and leave with those kind of wages available right across the border. The need for workers for menial jobs is very high in the United States so the immigrants know they can get a job. (410) Not only would they be able to find a job, they would get paid rather generously compared to what they were usually accustom to getting. The people that immigrate basically just want to live a better life. If they see that is possible over in the United States, they are going to go for it. For some immigrants it is an easy choice of basic survival, if they can not find a job they know they could go to the U.S. and find one in a second. Immigrants see the United States as a land of opportunity and prosperity and they want to be a part of that. The United States itself is one of the major reasons that so many immigrants come here; the United States offers things that are not offered by the immigrant's home country. It is not just jobs and wages it is much more. In the United States the people are provided with so many things that seem ordinary to American citizens, but to some immigrants it is unimaginable. The United States has good health care programs, which a lot of poor countries do not have. In many cases people are in dire need of medical treatment and they can not receive it, in the United States medical care is easily accessible. The United States has welfare programs for those that are having financial problems and need some assistance. The United States also has unemployment programs to help the citizens. If you really can...
