Fly Away: Illegal aliens taking U.S. jobs sent tens of billions out of the country, draining the U.S. economy.
Advocates for immigration amnesty keep telling us that illegal aliens contribute massively to the economy.
That’s true — for the MEXICAN economy.
The fact is that the overwhelming amount of the wages earned by illegal aliens is not spent in this country, but simply sent back home.
by Gina Cassini
February 7, 2014
Top Right News
Mexico received $21.59 billion in remittances from emigrants in 2013, the Bank of Mexico said. Nearly 74 million transactions were registered in 2013, with the average remittance totaling $292, the central bank said. Remittances rose 3.5 percent to $5.34 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, compared to the same period in 2012, with 18.4 million transactions and an average amount of $285.30, the Bank of Mexico said.
Figures for the total amount illegal aliens sent back to their home countries is not easily available, but according to the Inter-American Development Bank, all of Latin America received a staggering $69.2 billion in remittances from the U.S. in 2009 alone.
All this as employment numbers in the U.S. once again came in far below expectations in this morning’s jobs report, showing that the U.S. job market is remaining stagnant.
The recent figures are further evidence, that as U.S. workers are being left out of the job market in increasing numbers, illegal aliens are taking the place of their American counterparts.
The Pew Hispanic Center study released in late 2010, which found that while every demographic of native-born workers had lost millions of jobs during this deep recession, foreign-born workers have actually increased their employment numbers.
Between June 2009 and June 2010, immigrants (including illegal aliens) have gained 656,000 jobs, while U.S. born workers lost 1.2 million jobs during that same period.
The Pew study found that 57 percent of those that they refer to as “immigrant” workers, were actually non-citizens.
Remittances, such as Western Union Moneygrams from the United States represent the second largest source of income for Mexico. In 2009, Mexican workers, mostly illegal aliens, sent home $21.2 billion in such transfers.
The transfers are second only to Mexico’s oil industry in the amount of revenue produced, which is one of the chief reasons the Mexican government has no interest in working with U.S. authorities to police our common border.
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