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Mexicans returning home outnumber those immigrating to US, study shows
Source: Associated Press
Mexicans returning home outnumber those immigrating to US, study shows
Associated Press in San Diego
Thursday 19 November 2015 18.26 GMT
More Mexicans are leaving the United States than migrating into the country, marking a reversal of one of the most significant immigration trends in US history.
A study published on Thursday by the Pew Research Center said a desire to reunite families is the primary reason Mexicans go home. A sluggish US recovery from the Great Recession also contributed. Meanwhile, tougher border enforcement has deterred some Mexicans from coming to the United States.
Pew found that slightly more than 1 million Mexicans and their families, including American-born children, left the US for Mexico from 2009 to 2014. During the same time, 870,000 Mexicans came to the US, resulting in a net flow to Mexico of 140,000.
A half-century of mass migration from Mexico is “at an end”, said Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew’s director of Hispanic research.
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Associated Press in San Diego
Thursday 19 November 2015 18.26 GMT
More Mexicans are leaving the United States than migrating into the country, marking a reversal of one of the most significant immigration trends in US history.
A study published on Thursday by the Pew Research Center said a desire to reunite families is the primary reason Mexicans go home. A sluggish US recovery from the Great Recession also contributed. Meanwhile, tougher border enforcement has deterred some Mexicans from coming to the United States.
Pew found that slightly more than 1 million Mexicans and their families, including American-born children, left the US for Mexico from 2009 to 2014. During the same time, 870,000 Mexicans came to the US, resulting in a net flow to Mexico of 140,000.
A half-century of mass migration from Mexico is “at an end”, said Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew’s director of Hispanic research.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/19/mexicans-returning-home-outnumber-those-immigrating-to-us-study-shows
