Illegal immigration and the recession

May

The NY Times reports today on a 25 percent drop in migration out of Mexico in 2008, based on Mexican government statistics. The studies do not show any mass exodus back from the United States, and clearly there is still much coming and going between the two countries. Experts describe this as likely just a temporary stall due to poor job opportunities in the United States — though the Center for Immigration Studies sees increased enforcement paying off.

The surveys found that some families no longer had money available to hire smugglers, thereby slowing the illegal flow of migrants. But El Diario/La Prensa has an interesting report in which smugglers claim their business is not suffering amid recession. The Feet in 2 Worlds blog has an English recap here.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 12:40 pm by Leah Rae.
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One Response to “Illegal immigration and the recession”

BULLDOG May 15th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Increased enforcement? Don’t make me laugh. I’m surprised
the Obama administration doesn’t hand out trail maps on
how better to avoid the border patrol to get in here.

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