Thread: Fewer IAs an "unanticipated consequence" of econom

This story is outrageous! VIDEO AT THE LINK:
Many illegal immigrants leave U.S.
Friday, November 21, 2008

By Tomas Roman

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There is an unanticipated consequence of our economy in crisis. Fewer jobs mean fewer reasons to enter the country illegally, or to say if you are already here. The economic slump and rise in unemployment that comes with it-- especially in California -- are forcing many illegal immigrants to return home and they're taking their money with them.

The U.S. economic magnet that has been attracting illegal immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries for decades is losing its pull. Instead of a continuing influx of undocumented job seekers, the economy has forced 500,000 to one million of them to turn around and go home. Others like Nicolas are on their way.

As millions of others have done, three years ago Nicolas crossed the border illegally paying a guide $2,000 for the trip. He came across with three of his male cousins. Nicolas doesn't want to be recognized.


By Tomas Roman

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There is an unanticipated consequence of our economy in crisis. Fewer jobs mean fewer reasons to enter the country illegally, or to say if you are already here. The economic slump and rise in unemployment that comes with it-- especially in California -- are forcing many illegal immigrants to return home and they're taking their money with them.

The U.S. economic magnet that has been attracting illegal immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries for decades is losing its pull. Instead of a continuing influx of undocumented job seekers, the economy has forced 500,000 to one million of them to turn around and go home. Others like Nicolas are on their way.

As millions of others have done, three years ago Nicolas crossed the border illegally paying a guide $2,000 for the trip. He came across with three of his male cousins. Nicolas doesn't want to be recognized.
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"I was with my three cousins, but they already went back to Mexico," says Nicolas.

Three months ago 24-year-old Nicolas and his cousins lost their construction jobs. The work had helped Nicolas support his invalid father and sick mother in Chiapas, Mexico. He's the youngest of nine children.

"My parents got sick. My father has had two appendix operations that haven't gone well and my mother is very ill. That's why I came to the U.S. to help give them money," says Nicolas.

He can't afford to stay in San Francisco. He's headed back to Mexico soon to work his parents' farm.

In California, lower paid illegals have harvested, cooked in restaurants, bussed tables, worked construction and helped remodel homes or landscape. Tomas Jimenez, Ph.D., is an Irvine fellow and a sociology associate professor at Stanford University. He studies immigration trends.

"We have less of an ability to afford these services. Because of that they go back and so at some point the number we will need will find its own level," says Jimenez.

The Center for Immigration Studies in Washington D.C. says that from August 2007 to May 2008 the illegal population in the U.S. dropped 11 percent to a total of 1.3 million people. They estimate there are still 11.3 million illegals in the U.S.

The center claims that voluntary returnees to Mexico are seven times more than those deported by I.C.E., Immigration Control and Enforcement, during the same period.

The Pew Hispanic Center, a non-partisan think tank, disputes the number of illegals leaving the U.S., saying only about 500,000 are repatriating.

Most immigration researchers say that illegal immigrants who have been here for a number of years and have started families will most likely try and ride out this economic slump. But the younger, more recent arrivals may just try their fortunes back across the boarder.

"We don't have specific information or sound statistical information that tells us that we are facing a massive return of migrants to Mexico," says Juan Manuel Sanchez, from the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco.

So far this year Sanchez's consulate has only seen 78 families seeking official documents so they can legally return to Mexico. He believes only a small number will actually try their fortunes back in Mexico.

"We think at the moment we will have a way to accommodate them," says Sanchez.

Professor Jimenez says although illegal immigration is cyclical according to harvests and construction, there will be fewer undocumented immigrants in the U.S. for the near future.

"Every indication is that there are fewer people coming in," says Jimenez.

Researchers don't know what will happen when the U.S. economy improves and the cheap labor these individuals have provided is not readily available. Will that cause an economic slowdown or provide more jobs for U.S. residents?
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unanticipated?

What kind of moron is this writer? He didn't know most illegals come here for jobs, and did not think that less jobs means less illegals?

The U.S. economic magnet that has been attracting illegal immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries for decades is losing its pull.

I remember a couple of years back when the government was trying to pass amnesty and we were fighting back, one commentator said the US economy was the magnet that pulled illegals here, and that no matter what enforcement measures were taken illegals would still come "because you could not turn off the US economy!"

Well guess what Bubba it has been turned off and the unrestricted immigration, trade, and lending Neocons did it, along with some help from the race grievance crowd.

They are trying to soften and lower America's resolve concerning illegal immigration. Propagand meant to make Americans feel that illegal immigration will take care of itself due to economic issues.

"roundabout" I think you are completely correct, it was exactly what I was thinking when I read this..."Propaganda" and we had better not fall a for it.

They are going to fool us this next year into thinking there is no need for law enforcement so they can stop the raids and not hold employers accountable, it is what they did in 1986 and 1996 and it is what put us where we are today..

We can not let them get away with this!

Well, since all our industry has gone to asia, they can hop ships bound for the orient since there's plenty of work there. And at the rate things are going the currency in those countries will soon out perform our monetary system.

The writer obviously hasn't read anything about the enforcement aspect of the issue. Increased workplace raids and fence building has also helped reduce the number of illegals in this country.

SOSADFORUS wrote,

They are going to fool us this next year into thinking there is no need for law enforcement so they can stop the raids and not hold employers accountable, it is what they did in 1986 and 1996 and it is what put us where we are today..

Agreed, and as W has already pointed out in a earlier thread, the media assualt has already begun.

To all of those who are passive viewers or guests, Please join in. This is a great place to learn to understand the propaganda that is being spooned to America everyday. A great place to learn to read between the lines. A place to stand up and fight the misinformation, the hype, the spin that makes one dizzy at times. Let us all fight to take America back.

YES, I am radical, and I will not apologize for it, as my founding fathers were radicals as well and they were not apologetic!

Appeasement is for wussies! The Neville Chamberlains of this world are dangerous, thumb sucking idiots!

(end of rant)

And like it or not we are "Protectionist" we believe in protecting our country that was left for us to care for so it is still here as the greatest country on earth when we hand it over to our children and grandchildren..

Call me proud to be a "PROTECTIONIST"