Thread: AZ-No signs of immigrants returning home

No signs of immigrants returning home
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August 17, 2009 3:20 PM
BY CESAR NEYOY, BAJO EL SOL

If the recession is causing immigrants to return to Mexico, the Mexican consul in Yuma is not seeing any signs of it.

Consul Miguel Escobar said that based on the volume of service the Yuma consulate provides to immigrants, they are not returning home in exodus, contrary to predictions a year ago by specialists.

"That phenomenon has not materialized," he said. "The truth is that immigrants are not going back to Mexico; the truth is that they remain here and that those who have left (have gone) within a normal pattern.

"The indicators of the return rates that we have seen most recently are similar to those in 2006 and 2007. The mass exodus of countrymen who were going to leave the United States because of economic conditions has not occurred."

A study by the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington, D.C., found that while the flow of immigrants from Mexico to the United States has dropped in recent years, there is no evidence of a jump in the number of Mexicans returning home. In fact, citing Mexico's National Survey of Occupation and Employment, it said the annual number of returning Mexicans has dropped since 2006.

From February 2008 to February 2009, 433,000 immigrants went home from the United States, compared with 440,000 in same period of 2007-08 and 479,000 in 2006-07.

"The returns are within a normal pattern," Escobar said. "That overflow of countrymen returning to Mexico hasn't happened."

The study found that the Mexican immigrant population in the United States reached 11.5 million in the first half of this year, Escobar said, but that is "not significantly different" than the 11.6 million in 2008 and the 11.2 million in 2007.

The recession and economic crisis are relative to the immigrants, he said, and for many of them, returning to Mexico would be "going from a bad situation to a not very good situation."

http://www.yumasun.com/news/immigrants- ... exico.html

The study found that the Mexican immigrant population in the United States reached 11.5 million in the first half of this year, Escobar said, but that is "not significantly different" than the 11.6 million in 2008 and the 11.2 million in 2007.

The recession and economic crisis are relative to the immigrants, he said, and for many of them, returning to Mexico would be "going from a bad situation to a not very good situation."

What about the effect all immigration has on "We the People"? The picture is becoming a doomsday for many American Citizens.

Of course they aren't leaving; they have U.S. born children who are enrolled in American schools, mom and kids are getting WIC, free schools lunches, free medical care for the children and for mom next time she gets pregnant. Because of their citizen children, they believe they're entitled to stay.

Originally Posted by hattiecat

Of course they aren't leaving; they have U.S. born children who are enrolled in American schools, mom and kids are getting WIC, free schools lunches, free medical care for the children and for mom next time she gets pregnant. Because of their citizen children, they believe they're entitled to stay.

Yeah they are hanging in there and waiting for the economy to change so they can have their relatives sneak over!

NY just gave em $200 per child.

The reason they are not leaving is because they are not the ones losing their jobs. The laws are not being enforced. Our lawmakers are turning their backs. They are not being as effected by this recession as Americans are. They don't pay taxes, buy insurance, pay HOA dues, pay for health care, pay for education, have any kind of legal license to drive a car, no sales tax other than what they pay at the store. Why should they leave? Janet and Barack have told them we are not going to arrest and deport them and if they just hang on we will make them legal. And then the goodies really pick up.

As far as I can tell, the only person that wants to enforce the law in the ENTIRE state of Arizona is Sheriff Joe and his posse.

Why should they leave? I live in an Hispanic community. I'm on unemployment. I go to my grocery store and they all seem to have new cars and mine has been hit three times by Hispanic people with no insurance. My fender is wired on. Their grocery carts are filled to the brim and they are buying their six-packs of beer on Friday and Saturday nights. While I scrimp to buy food these people are pulling out hundred dollar bills (plural) from their pockets and not batting an eye.

Is this news? There is no reason to go home....to what? And since Obama has talked for months about 'comprehensive immigration reform' it only encourages more to hurry and come here.