Another good sign illegals are leaving based on remittances
This article doesn't say how many are going home but the guy makes a very interesting remark. Yes, msot of the article I already covered in an earlier post but check this out.
See ya'
Mexicans working in other countries are sending less money home, threatening businesses, stalling construction and choking cash flow to hamlets where as much as half the population works in the United States.
Analysts said stepped-up immigration raids and the slowdown in the U.S. economy accounted for the drop in the payments, which many migrants use to sustain families back home.
Gone are the days when migrants came back to Mexico each year flush with cash, then returned to jobs waiting in the United States, as they did during the boom years of 2002 to 2006.
Now, more migrants rounded up by U.S. immigration officials are being sent home penniless.
Others have decided to return for good, bringing as many household items as they can along with them and eliminating the need to buy much locally.
The pain is already being felt in places like Cheran, in the Mexican state of Michoacan, where officials say 41 percent of the town's 22,000 residents had migrated to the north, mainly to North Carolina and Michigan.
Up until a few months ago, they were the town's main source of income, sending home about $500,000 per month.
Another Michoacan town, Coalcoman, is trying to find jobs for returning immigrants by promoting organic vegetable farming, said town councilman Ramiro Godinez.
"It's like a migratory phenomenon, but in reverse," he said. "We're looking for other alternatives."
See ya'
Mexicans working in other countries are sending less money home, threatening businesses, stalling construction and choking cash flow to hamlets where as much as half the population works in the United States.
Analysts said stepped-up immigration raids and the slowdown in the U.S. economy accounted for the drop in the payments, which many migrants use to sustain families back home.
Gone are the days when migrants came back to Mexico each year flush with cash, then returned to jobs waiting in the United States, as they did during the boom years of 2002 to 2006.
Now, more migrants rounded up by U.S. immigration officials are being sent home penniless.
Others have decided to return for good, bringing as many household items as they can along with them and eliminating the need to buy much locally.
The pain is already being felt in places like Cheran, in the Mexican state of Michoacan, where officials say 41 percent of the town's 22,000 residents had migrated to the north, mainly to North Carolina and Michigan.
Up until a few months ago, they were the town's main source of income, sending home about $500,000 per month.
Another Michoacan town, Coalcoman, is trying to find jobs for returning immigrants by promoting organic vegetable farming, said town councilman Ramiro Godinez.
"It's like a migratory phenomenon, but in reverse," he said. "We're looking for other alternatives."
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