Run For the Border
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talkpoliticsThe rate of Mexican immigration to the US has stalled or maybe even gone into reverse, an analysis shows, ending a four-decade-long trend.
Economic factors, increased border control, and lower Mexican birth rates were all cited as factors.
More than 12 million migrants entered the US from Mexico since 1970, more than half legally, the report says.
"Looking back over the entire span of US history, no country has ever seen as many of its people immigrate to this country as Mexico has in the past four decades," the report's authors note.
However, figures clearly show major changes to the long-term trend over the years 2005-2010.
A decade earlier, from 1995-2000, some 2.9 million Mexicans arrived in the US, with just 670,000 people leaving the country for Mexico - a net influx to the US of more than 2.2 million people.
Between 2005-2010, though, just 1.37 million arrived from Mexico - and 1.39 million left to cross the southern border.
Well, this certainly is a surprising tread. If it continues it could be a big factor in future immigration debates. But I don't think that we'll see that any time soon. But immigration is still a big issue among Hispanic voters and there's no doubt they're a big block in the next election. What amuses me is that Hispanics are pretty firmly behind Obama even though he's taken a fairly firm stance on immigration then again, Romney's "self-deportation" line would be laughable if it wasn't so eyeroll inducing.
Whatever the case, this is clearly a trend to watch.
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Date: 26/4/12 23:13 (UTC)But I was joking about Arnie and his sexy maid, an obvious La Raza operative!! Oh Ahrnie. :-)
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Date: 26/4/12 23:33 (UTC)I didn't know that about Brown.....As much as I hate to admit it, you are right about Brown (well no, I don't hate to admit it, the govenator was a huge disappointment!! (except for the high speed rail thing)
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Date: 25/4/12 17:08 (UTC)http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2012/0408/Home-again-in-Mexico-Illegal-immigration-hits-net-zero
something looked over in many sources, is the improvement of quality of life in those regions of Mexico from which the most US immigration came from.
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Date: 26/4/12 19:58 (UTC)(I know this sub-thread is all in fun...but burritos are serious bizness to me :D)
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Date: 26/4/12 13:12 (UTC)You ever even been to Mexico?
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