Salvadorans in US sending record money home
Thursday July 10, 3:13 pm ET
Salvadorans living in US send record amount of money home

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- Salvadorans living in the U.S. continue to send a record amount of money home.

The report from El Salvador's Central Reserve Bank comes as remittances to most Latin American countries are tapering off with U.S. economic woes and a crackdown on illegal immigration.

The bank said Thursday that Salvadorans living abroad sent home $1.9 billion in the first six months of this year. That compares to $1.8 billion for the same period the year before, the previous record.

About 10 percent of the 2.5 million Salvadorans in the U.S. were given special status to stay and work after their country suffered a series of earthquakes in 2001.

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