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The Migration Information Source lists Mexico as the country with the most number of immigrants in the United States both legal and illegal. This is followed by the Philippines. Estimates from the Migration Information Source show that more than 50 percent of Mexican immigrants in the United States are undocumented. Aside from the Mexico and the Philippines, the data on the demographics can be in collective groups. Other countries in Latin America account for the third largest immigrants, followed by those who came from other Asian nations, then the European countries and finally Canada as a single country.
The history of Mexican immigration to the US dates back between 1850 and 1880 when the US southwest needed more farmers. At that time, it is estimated that 55,000 Mexicans entered the U.S. in hopes of finding better economic opportunities.
The birth of the American railway systems in the late 19^th century created an even larger presence of Mexican immigrants in the United States. By the turn of the 20^th century, about 60 percent of the railroad industry’s workforce was comprised of Mexican immigrants.

The US Border Patrol was created in 1924. This law paved the way for terms like “illegal immigrant” or “illegal aliens”. An undocumented worker can then be arrested and deported to his or her homeland.

Despite the strengthened move to patrol the US-Mexico border, Mexicans still manage to enter US illegally through the border—even risking their lives. Not just the close proximity of the two nations that elicits Mexicans to go to the US but the obvious economic differences. Unlike Canada, even though they are also geographically attached to the United States, their citizens are said to be at par with Americans when it comes to the standard of living. Many Mexican families depend on the remittances of their relatives working in the US for their basic needs. This remittances account for the third larges source of income for Mexico, just behind tourism and petroleum production.

Mexican immigrants came to the US with the same reason as almost all immigrants from any country: in search for a better future, live securely and have a share of the “American Dream”.

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