Thread: Drop in migration hits labor market (In Mexico)

Drop in migration hits labor market

Increased border enforcement complicates employment in Mexico

Por: Omar Millán 3 Abril 2011 @ 8:46 pm
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TIJUANA – While optimistic government officials and some business leaders celebrate that Mexico is beginning an economic recovery, a local expert warns that the drop in migration to the United States will considerably affect the nation’s labor market.

Meanwhile, people looking for work don’t need an expert to tell them that finding a job is going to get tougher. These individuals, particularly those newly deported, are struggling every day to find any employment.

“We have gone this week to about 50 houses that are under construction to ask for work and at every one of them they told us that they already had a complete crew; to check back next week,â€

DÃ*az, the researcher, warned that Mexico’s economic recovery will be accompanied by a surge in unemployment, which could potentially generate greater social pressures and political conflicts.
He’s not alone in sounding alarm bells.

They can march in their own streets demanding handouts and freebies from their own government. We are CLOSED!

They should also demand laraza, mecha, meldef, lulac, seiu, etc., march with them with their demands.