Mexico's Brain Drain

This cartoon illustrates the "Brain Drain" from Mexico to the United States. The winged brains, representing intelligent, educated Mexicans, soar over the barrier to United States citizenship. Meanwhile, the poor, uneducated Mexican migrant at the bottom is left staring up longingly at the United States. The purpose of this cartoon is to illustrate the difficulty that the majority of Mexicans find as they try to find legal means of entering the United States. With no other alternative, the poor Mexican crosses illegally. In order to obtain a visa or other form of legal paperwork to live in the US, an induvidual is forced to take an interview and prove that they are qualified. As recent immigrant Andrea Torres said, "My dad got a visa a few years ago. Even then, as a college graduate with a promise of a job in Florida, it was hard. Now it's just impossible." This cartoon is an argument for the loosening of immigration requirements to the United States from Mexico in order to make it easier for poor Mexicans, like those at the bottom of the cartoon, to be able to live and work in the United States.