About just as many Mexican families are leaving the U.S. as they are coming. A recent report by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that from 2005-2010, roughly 1.4 Mexicans immigrated to the United States, but about the same number of Mexican immigrants (and their U.S.-born children) moved from the United States to Mexico.
These numbers mark the first significant decrease in the number of unauthorized Mexican immigrants in the U.S. A few factors may explain this trend including the weakened U.S. job market, changing economic conditions in Mexico, and heightened border enforcement. In addition, deportations have increased – nearly 400,000 were deported in 2010.
Mexicans account for 30 percent of all U.S. immigrants. But when measured proportionally, immigration waves from Germany and Ireland in the late 19th century equaled or exceeded the modern wave from Mexico.
Read more at Pew Hispanic Center.
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thats probaby 1.4 million
1.4 Mexicans? Must be something in the water…
Thought so I looked it up!
1 Mexican and a perrito.
I have to laugh at Alabama and how their new immigration law backfired on them. Having to cut crop sizes in half because they have no workers for their fields. IDIOTS
How do you get an accurate count of undocumented immigrants?
You put them in a pool, weigh the amount of water they displace, and then divide by the average weight of each individual.
Alabama have lots of unemployed people they could work the fields, yeah right!!those people wouldnt last half day .
square roots anywhere?
Yup, FEMA (Find Every Mexican Available) takes all the credit for the work done that nobody else wants to do. I hear they are hiring.
Oh, right. I forgot. You have to use the square root of the degree to which Obama is to the left of Che and to the right of Hitler.
Thanks.
its not an accomplishment by the administration, they just realize how bad the administration is messing it up for everyone.
Yeah, Latin Americans are probably waiting for the GOP to start running things again so they can start coming over the border.
We are NOT immigrants. WE are indigenous! We are NOT the invaders. WE are the sovereign nation. Why is that so hard to understand?
Mr. Alamo does that include all of the white Europeans and Canadians who come here and over stay their travel and student visas?
lots of colombians are moving to canada. Why mexicans dont? you are very welcome here in Canada. Forget about the USA!!
i think that is a good thing
30%
I go for 65%…..
Eso es porque Los Méxicanos son ninjas! Nadie sabe cuando ellos han llegado aquí! Jejeje broma
Counting authorized and unauthorized 30%…..of the unauthorized immigrants, 58%.
30% of immigration are Mexican that percentage surprised me. With the stereotype and prejudgements it made it sound like a much high number. And love the part that it’s equal or more than the immigration wave from Germany/Ireland “Americans” now