New Poll Finds 1 in 3 Mexicans Would Move to the U.S.

A new Pew Hispanic Center poll finds that the United States remains attractive to one third of the Mexican population—and half of those would enter illegally. While a majority of Mexicans in the poll said that they would not move to the United States now, 33 percent said they would, and half of those would do it "without authorization." According to the poll:

"A majority of Mexicans (62%) say that, at this moment, they would not move to the United States if they had the means and opportunity to do so. Yet, a sizeable minority (33%) would move to the U.S. if they could. And among those who would move, 55%—or, 18% of the total population—say they would be inclined to do so without authorization. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, 55% of the Mexican immigrants currently in the U.S. are, in fact, unauthorized, and an even larger share of those who have immigrated in the last decade have done so without documentation."

One reason the United States is attractive is because many Mexicans think life here is better than at home. See the Pew poll here.