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12-31-2006, 01:18 PM #1
Mexicans launch web site tracking hometowns of migrants
Mexican government launches Web site tracking hometowns of migrants in U.S.
The Associated Press
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Mex
MEXICO CITY
The Mexican government has launched a new Web site tracking the hometowns of millions of Mexicans residing in the U.S., the Foreign Relations Department said Saturday.
The site, which features maps of both countries, shows how Mexican migrants tend to settle in U.S. cities where residents from their home state or town have gone before them, the Foreign Secretary said in a news release.
The department said the information, gathered by Mexican consulates in the U.S., will help people to better understand Mexican migration.
According to the site, Omaha, Nebraska, has become the key destination for Mexicans hailing from the steamy southern state of Campeche, while Atlanta has drawn residents from the cactus-studded central state of Hidalgo.
San Francisco is home primarily to migrants from the Yucatan, while residents from the swampy Gulf coast state of Tabasco tend to move to Raleigh, North Carolina, according to the site.
Migrants usually follow relatives and friends, who often find them jobs even before they sneak across the U.S. border.
In many U.S. cities, Mexican migrant communities have formed clubs to collect money to send back to their hometowns to fund festivals, build schools or open medical clinics. Some migrants in the U.S. also have formed soccer teams representing their Mexican hometowns that play against other migrants from villages from their same Mexican state.
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