The text introduces us to various intertwined themes; on the one hand, resorting to important theoretical approaches of social psychology and on the other, to the analysis of the strong economic dependence of countries with emerging economies. Thus, the problems of migration of Mexicans from the huasteca potosina, the social and environmental conditions that expel them from their communities of origin, the adaptive adjustments to the receiving culture in their journey to the United States, and the use of the economic resources generated are amalgamated presenting a very valuable approach to the reality addressed.