Another factor in increased immigration was the Mexican Revolution, although its role is misunderstood.
“During the ten years preceding 1910 the number of Mexicans who crossed the international boundary into the United States averaged about 900 a year. In 1910, the beginning of a revolutionary era in Mexico, 17,760 crossed out of that country, and during the next ten years the immigration is unusually large. These figures include only those who entered through the immigration offices. Only about 2,500 a year leave through the same gates. Mexican newspapers estimate that there are now in the United States between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 of their countrymen."
George Edson, 1927
The Mexican Revolution is often cited as the primary reason for increased Mexican immigration to America, yet the new government's inability to handle the issues of its citizens is the more accurate reason Mexicans were pushed into the United States in search of a better life (Balderrama and Rodríguez, 2006).