Thread: BOO HOO-Immigrants pressed to support extended families

Monday, Sept. 8, 2008 , 12:01 a.m. Chattanooga: Immigrants pressed to support extended families


By: Perla Trevizo
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POVERTY LEVELS

Percentage of population in poverty before and after increase in food prices:

Country

Population (millions)* -- Poverty now -- Poverty after**

Colombia

47.5 -- 52% -- 54.7%

Guatemala

13.3 -- 51.4% -- 59.4%

Honduras

7.7 -- 69.5% -- 73.4%

Mexico

109 -- 20.6% -- 27.5%

Peru

28.8 -- 44.2% -- 49.5%

*2007

**Based on a 30 percent increase in food prices

Source: Inter-American Development Bank
To buy food and pay debts, Horalio Ramirez’s family depends on what he and his brothers send back to Guatemala. But with the economic slowdown in the United States, the family manages without that expected income.

“The situation here is becoming harder and harder,â€

Americans are pressed to support the immediate family!

As tighter immigration enforcement and sluggish economy make it harder for immigrants to send money back home, Latin America is having its own economic crunch, putting extra pressure on those who help support their families in other countries.

And you know when that happens they all start turing to crime and robbing American Citizens for the money!!!!

Americans are pressed to support the immediate family!

Exactly! And, not able to get away with a host of laws they break in order to do so.

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“The use of corn for ethanol to supplement lack of oil due to the oil crisis has impacted certainly the economies of countries for whom corn is a staple like Mexico and Guatemala,â€