Reverse Immigration to Mexico
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Vanessa Pinna/WTHR.com Indianapolis - As an accountant in Guadalajara, Mexico, Gloria Guillen earned an average of $4 a day. When the pay became too little to support her growing family, she made her dream of emigrating to the United States a reality.
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ONEONTA, Ala. — Potato farmer Keith Smith saw most of his Hispanic workers leave after Alabama's tough immigration law took effect, so he hired Americans. It hasn't worked out: They show up late, work slower than seasoned farm hands and are ready to call it a day after lunch or by midafternoon. Some quit after a single day.
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Foreign Policy , February 2009 The economic crisis in the United States is already hitting migrant workers, many of whom work in tanking industries such as construction and manufacturing. Unemployment among Mexican immigrants was 9.7 percent in January, up from 4.5 percent in March of last year, and higher than the 7.6 percent for the United States overall, according to the U.S.
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Contributing factors include the economic history of Mexico , which created long-term unemployment issues from 1970 through 2007. Refugees fled across the border to the US seeking better employment opportunities during each economic crisis in Latin America. The illegal immigrant population began to decline in the US in 2007 as the economy of Latin America began to improve.
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Reverse Migration Rocks Mexico - By Malcolm Beith | Foreign Policy
Every Saturday for nearly four years, Elena Trujillo has gone to the local department store in Morelia, Michoacn, to pick up money wired home by her 34-year-old son, ngel. This 59-year-old mother of three is one of between 16 and 35 million Mexicans who depend on remittances from relatives in the United States to boost their incomes. But in late September -- for Trujillo and for countless others -- the wire transfers stopped coming. Confused at first, Trujillo was reassured by ngel on the phone: Everything is OK; I have a surprise for you. The next week, Trujillo received another transfer, this one much larger than normal. She was ecstatic. ngel's construction work must finally be paying dividends, she thought.Then, just a few days later, ngel came back to Michoacn.I couldn't believe it.