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Mexico Cultural Immersion Experience
- 1. Life in Rural Mexico: Lessons from a Cultural Immersion Experience Jenny Erickson, Sauk County UWEX
- 2. This is NOT the Mexico we visited!
- 3. This is the Mexico we visited.
- 5. This is the story of my experience.
- 7. Mexico
- 12. Two Worlds
- 16. The Farmer’s Story WI farmers needed additional workers Hesitant to hire Mexican employees at first Employees provide documentation Pay is $10/hour Now farms rely on Mexican employees Hispanics made up about 40% of all U.S. agricultural workers in 2005. (Census Bureau)
- 17. The Mexican’s Story Difficult to make a living in Mexico. Benefits of working in the US are obvious. Workers typically want to return to Mexico Becoming more difficult to cross the border More likely to move family to the US
- 18. Long Term Impacts Some investment in infrastructure
- 19. Patrone Father figure Usually a man Upper middle class The person who distributes the pay Someone you have to “obey”
- 20. Expectations of a Patrone Mexican employees expect to work hard, but they expect help, protection and support when they need it. – Attend family gatherings if invited – Take employee to the doctor – If necessary, help employee get out of trouble
- 21. Buena Vista
- 25. Crossing the Border Cost about $5,000 to $8,000 dollars Borrow money from community members Hire a “coyote” or smuggler to get across the border Nearly 500 die crossing the border each year Expected to help the next person
- 26. Crossing the Border Main causes of death at the border: – Hypothermia – Dehydration – Sun stroke – Stinging by poisonous insects – Drowning – Car Accidents – Homicide US Border Patrol Statistics
- 27. Unauthorized Immigrant Population 11,550,000 unauthorized immigrants residing in US (arrived 1980-2006) – 8.4 million from North America – 1.4 million from Asia – 1.0 million from South America – 0.5 million from Europe Department of Homeland Security
- 28. Duel Identity InMexico these employees are seen as as providers, responsible and hardworking InUS they are seen as illegal. Salgado de Synder, 1996
- 29. Remittances $23.1 billion in remittances to Mexico in 2006
- 31. Summary Impact of US dollars on Mexico was prevalent Many opportunities for cultural miscommunication Mexican people were outstanding
- 32. Questions?