A study of 1996 revealed that fifty-one percent of the families could not afford a Basic Bas-ket of Foodstuffs, which was $5,39 a day. The tremendous extent of poverty is getting more and more obvious. A World Bank report from the same year states as well that a quarter of the population earned not even $2 a day. Basic amenities like electricity, running water, access to health care or sewage lack most of the Mexicans. (Mosco & Schiller, 2001) Moreover, a shocking number of children suffers from malnutrition and has to leave school early to earn money for their families. (UNICEF, 2010)
Another alarming problem of the Mexican society is the increase in uncontrolled urbanization in order to escape from these conditions. Mexicans keep moving into bigger …show more content…
Traffic, waste, sewage and emissions are rapidly growing because of the unchecked expansion of urban industrial centers like Mexico City. Furthermore, natural resources are getting destroyed because of poverty in rural areas. Moreover, the lack concerning laws and degrees leads to drinking water shortage and pollution in various parts of the country. The air in Cen-tral Mexico and at the American border is being by thick smog. Therefore, “Mexico City has the highest level of ground-level ozone in the world, according on the WHO” (McIntyre, 2010).
Another important issue is the waiting period at the Mexican-American border. There is a huge waiting list for those who are trying to enter the U.S. legally. It now stands at 4.4 million, 100,000 more than in the year before. Even though some of these migrants have been on the list for more than 15 years, their wait times have increased. Spouses and children of U.S. citizens are supposed to get priority but since Barack Obama’s new Immigration Reform in 2014, the administration has to deal with a surge of illegal immigrants given lawful status by the president (Secretary,
Another alarming problem of the Mexican society is the increase in uncontrolled urbanization in order to escape from these conditions. Mexicans keep moving into bigger …show more content…
Traffic, waste, sewage and emissions are rapidly growing because of the unchecked expansion of urban industrial centers like Mexico City. Furthermore, natural resources are getting destroyed because of poverty in rural areas. Moreover, the lack concerning laws and degrees leads to drinking water shortage and pollution in various parts of the country. The air in Cen-tral Mexico and at the American border is being by thick smog. Therefore, “Mexico City has the highest level of ground-level ozone in the world, according on the WHO” (McIntyre, 2010).
Another important issue is the waiting period at the Mexican-American border. There is a huge waiting list for those who are trying to enter the U.S. legally. It now stands at 4.4 million, 100,000 more than in the year before. Even though some of these migrants have been on the list for more than 15 years, their wait times have increased. Spouses and children of U.S. citizens are supposed to get priority but since Barack Obama’s new Immigration Reform in 2014, the administration has to deal with a surge of illegal immigrants given lawful status by the president (Secretary,