Thread: 6.2 Million Mexicans Want to Move to U.S., Poll Shows

Full article from the Gallup Poll results follows this story. "Nearly three times as many Chinese and Indians say the same".

6.2 Million Mexicans Want to Move to U.S., Poll Shows

Monday, June 07, 2010
By Melanie Hunter-Omar

A member of Los caporales marichi band takes part to a promotional event of the Mexican embassy at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg, Monday, June 7, 2010, ahead of the soccer World Cup tournament which gets underway on June 11. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)


(CNSNews.com) – A new poll shows 6.2 million Mexicans would like to move permanently to the United States if they could – almost half the 14 million Mexicans who said they would like to move outside of their native country.

Canada and Spain were listed as the other top destinations that Mexicans cited.

Gallup compiled a list of the top 10 countries by highest projected population of potential migrants who say they would like to move to the United States. That list also includes: China (22.9 million), India (17.1 million), Nigeria (16.6 million), Ethiopia (9.2 million), Bangladesh (7.8 million), Brazil (7.7 million), Philippines (5.8 million), Vietnam (5 million), and Japanese (3.3 million).

Gallup concluded that if all adults worldwide who said they would like to move to another country actually did so, the U.S. could see a net population gain of 60 percent. On the other hand, Mexico could see net population losses as high as 15 percent.

According to Gallup, the survey is considered to be significant, because even though the results show people’s aspirations rather than intentions, it is an important consideration for world leaders who want to proactively manage migration and migrant policy in their countries.

The results were based on telephone and face-to-face interviews with 347,713 adults across multiple administrations of surveys in 148 countries between 2007 and 2009.

The margin of error for 545 Mexican adults who say they would like to move to another country is five percentage points.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/67244

June 7, 2010

Roughly 6.2 Million Mexicans Express Desire to Move to U.S.

Nearly three times as many Chinese and Indians say the same

by Jon Clifton

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amid an ongoing debate in the U.S. on immigration from Mexico, Gallup estimates 6.2 million Mexican adults say they would like to move permanently to the United States if given the chance. That's close to half of the 14 million Mexicans -- or 19% of the adult population -- who say they would like to resettle somewhere else; would-be migrants in Mexico choose Canada and Spain as their other top desired destinations.

The findings are from Gallup surveys that previously estimated that roughly 700 million adults worldwide would like to move permanently to another country if they had the opportunity. Asked which country they would like to relocate to, more than 165 million adults worldwide name the United States.

Keeping in mind that Gallup's numbers reflect desire rather than actual migration rates, Mexico's roughly 6.2 million would-be migrants to the U.S. are significantly less than the estimated 22.9 million adults who would come from China, 17.1 million from India, and 16.6 million from Nigeria. Ethiopia, Bangladesh, and Brazil would also send more migrants than Mexico.

If all of the adults worldwide who tell Gallup they would like to move to another country actually did so, the United States could see a net population gain of 60%. Several other developed countries, such as Singapore, however, could be even more overwhelmed with migrants because of their smaller relative current population. Mexico, on the other hand, could potentially see net population losses as high as 15%.

While Gallup's migration findings reflect people's aspirations rather than their intentions, they reveal the desires of potential migrants around the world -- an important consideration for leaders seeking to proactively manage migration and migrant policy in their countries.

For complete data sets or custom research from the more than 150 countries Gallup continually surveys, please contact SocialandEconomicAnalysis@gallup.com or call 202.715.3030.

Survey Methods

Results are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews with 347,713 adults across multiple administrations of surveys in 148 countries between 2007 and 2009. Results among adults who would like to move to another country are based on a total sample of 75,125. For most countries, aggregated sample sizes (across three years of surveys) range between 1,000 and 3,000 interviews. For results based on 2,999 Mexican adults surveyed between 2007 and 2009, one can say with 95% confidence that the country-level margin of sampling error, accounting for weighting and sample design, is ±2.2 percentage points. The margin of error for 545 Mexican adults who say they would like to move to another country is ±5 percentage points. Results are projected to the total population of each country, aged 15 and older, using 2008 World Bank population estimates.

Results for data on Potential Net Migration Index scores based on aggregated telephone and face-to-face interviews with 259,542 adults, aged 15 and older, in 135 countries from 2007 to 2009. Index values have been rounded to the nearest integer value ending in a 0 or 5.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/139391/Rough ... -Move.aspx

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I would prefer to see Mexican boomtowns with so many returnees and their American born children that they think they are still in the United States. The sort of place where you hear people behind you talking perfect English but when you turn to look everyone in sight is mestizo

It doesn't matter what they want. It's what Americans want.

Dixie

Well let's see. If 6.2 million more Mexicans move here, and their economy went into a tailspin as a result, then more baby boomer retirees might move to Mexico because the costs would come back down. That would shift our balance a little further.

Probably not so much with China. Has anyone heard of retirees moving there? Neither with Nigeria, Ethiopia or Bangladesh. Haven't heard of anyone moving there.... to retire, anyway.

6.2 million?

That's how many anchor babies they've procreated to repopulate America with.

Then there's their so called extended family members.

Calderon isn't shaming Americans and making demands on the USA for a mere 6.2 million.

Just take MEXICO and get it over with now....