PUSH AND PULL FACTORS OF IMMIGRATION “Push and pull factors are those factors which either forcefully push people into migration or attract them” (1). Migration Pull factors are the factors that encourage a person to move from their native country to another country of residence. Some reasons for people to migrate to another country are; that they have better chances of attaining employment, better education opportunities and a better quality or standard of living. A Migration push factors are a factor\s that are forceful or distress that drives a person away from a certain place. The migration pull factors are the reasons that migration happens at all. Pull factors motivate people to move to new destinations, and new opportunities. In order to pack up …show more content…
But soon upon arriving, they realized that America was not the same land they expected. They faced many hardships and living conditions were bad. Often, immigrants left their native countries because of push factors such as war, famine, hard times, political and/or religious persecution, poverty and the government. These immigrants listened and heard about stories of America. Before I came to America once I was told that people in America got paid for everything—even for voting, for being born there and anyone who went to America can become rich but after I got to the united state I just realized that what I heard back home was just a propaganda I faced many hardships like May and pearl did on their first arrival. Millions of immigrants packed their bags and traveled to this land of freedom in search of jobs, a better education, and a new life. But up on arriving many immigrants faced many hardships. Some even got stressed and commit a suicide and some decided not to stay and left America and went back