Sharp increase in number of Mexicans returning home

[The Straight Story]

Sharp increase in number of Mexicans returning home

The number of Mexican migrants returning to their country -- mainly from the United States -- has increased dramatically in the last five years compared with the previous five years.

According to the most recent numbers released by the Mexican census bureau, the increase was 31.9% in the period from 2005 to 2010, compared with 2000 to 2005 numbers.

The Mexican Institute of Statistics and Geography -- INEGI by its Spanish acronym -- says that during the last five years of the decade, 1.1 million Mexicans left their country. According to the government agency, by the time the national census was taken last summer, more than 351,000 Mexican migrants had returned to Mexico.

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"The first factor was the situation of the economy in the United States, which decreased the number of (employment) options for migrants. The second factor was the increasing difficulties migrants have when they attempt to cross the border (illegally)," said Sojo.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/03/04/mexico.reverse.migration/index.html

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[BlueIris]

2. I first started noticing this in 2005. WRT not just Mexican migrant workers, but workers from other

Latin American nations, especially, ahem, those who had lived under authoritarian leaders in the 1970s. The stated reason for departure of at least one family I talked to was that the members were in fear for their lives after Bush was reselected. And I live in an area that had previously been very friendly to undocumented workers.

[cognoscere]

3. WTF? If you can't get into the country, how can you return home from it?

[bhcodem]

4. Proves my theory of Republican actions...

They are screwing up the economy so illegal aliens will have no incentive to stay here. Our jobs avaliablity and wages will be just as bad as "back home" so why bother to come????

[kenny blankenship]

5. Considering all the shit going on in their country right now, that says a lot about our "recovery"