Increasing populations mean more pressure on these developing countries to provide social services. health care. housing. food. education. and above all. jobs. It is this last factoremployment. or the lack of itthat impels us to look beyond sheer population growth and focus as well on where that growth is taking place. The reasons for immigration are as varied as the immigrants. Generally we tend to focus on the pull factors inside our own countryfreedom. equality of opportunity. democracy. employment opportunities. higher standards of livingthat make America attractive to her neighbors. Of equal importance are the push factorsthe reasons that impel immigrants to leave their own countries. The primary push factorunemploymentis illustrated in the statistics on the labor force in these nations. The numbers of people in Latin Americas labor force in the next year. 5 years from now. or even at the turn of the century. are not a matter for speculation.
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