Illegal Immigration Watch: 10 Per Cent of Mexico’s Population Now Living in United States
San Francisco Chronicle: Give and take across the border
1 in 7 Mexican workers migrates — most send money home
The current migration of Mexicans and Central Americans to the United States is one of the largest diasporas in modern history, experts say.
Roughly 10 percent of Mexico’s population of about 107 million is now living in the United States, estimates show. About 15 percent of Mexico’s labor force is working in the United States. One in every 7 Mexican workers migrates to the United States.
Mass migration from Mexico began more than a century ago. It is deeply embedded in the history, culture and economies of both nations. The current wave began with Mexico’s economic crisis in 1982, accelerated sharply in the 1990s with the U.S. economic boom, and today has reached record dimensions.
It is unlikely to ebb anytime soon.
Read the rest of the S.F. Chronicle piece here.
Oh, illegal immigration will STOP soon – at least to the degree the folks are flowing unstopped across the border.
What the Chronicle piece fails to journal is how fed up Americans are with the open border sentiment of the MSM, the U.S. Senate and the President.
Border security will take precedence when the Senate bill reaches the House-Senate conference committee and walls, barriers, fences, virtual fences, surveillance and border patrol officers will all be in place by the November 2006 elections or the politicians will be sent packing……and this will occur to both Republicans and Democrats.
The flow of illegal aliens from Mexico has to STOP. If this results in economic displacement in Mexico, so be it. Americans can deal with economic hardships with foreign policy initiatives, including economic development in Mexico and Central America. What is NOT acceptable is unfettered assulat on our southern border.
Flap handicaps an illegal immigration bill as a 50-50 chance as it is now written in the U.S. Senate. If more amendments are not forthcoming this week, Flap predicts the entire comprehensive reform bill will die.
However, the President has committed to 6000 National Guard troops, more border patrol officers and securing the border with fences and other means. So, the status quo will not remain. Additional legislation securing the border and funding the National Guard will go forward and pass by the November 2006 elections.
If not, many incumbent GOP House members will be looking for work in January 2007.
Stay tuned……
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Ismael Castaeda, 23, crawls through a hole under the wall along the border between the United States and Mexico east of a legal crossing in San Diego.
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