Illegal immigration is a huge problem for Costa Rica.
To the north of Costa Rica is Nicaragua, which happens to be the 2nd poorest country in Central America, second only to Costa Rica. As a result, many Nicaraguans migrate to Costa Rica to make a better life for themselves. They take jobs nobody really wants, like construction and janitorial work, much like in the US.
Costa Rican citizens are not very happy about the immigrants. Costa Ricans blame Nicaraguans and other foreigners for all manner of ills. This reflects the attitudes that many Americans tend to have about the illegal immigrants that come here.
Nicaraguans are not the only people immigrating to Costa Rica, but they are the main source of immigrants. The second main source appears to be El Salvador.
SOURCES:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-12-30-foreignimmigration30_ST_N.htm?csp=34news
http://www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home/where-we-work/americas/central-and-north-america-and-th/costa-rica.html
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Costa-Rica-MIGRATION.html
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/costa-rica/net-migration-wb-data.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/23/world/fg-costa23
http://geocurrents.info/place/latin-america/migration-and-diplomatic-tensions-in-costa-rica
I will say that I did apreciate your presentation. This topic I find to be layered becuase it ties into human trafficking.
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