The original title was “Illegal immigration ceases.”
To which I began this entry with “Okay, maybe not.”
But, according to the findings made in this independent report, it’s pretty near zero, if not already in the negative numbers.
And, for the fascist, racist right-wing legislators in the states of Alabama & Arizona, that’s good news!
Why?
That means they can stop collaborating with Kris Kobach to write racist legislation, and start working on genuinely serious problems!
Of course, this de-escalation from a “crisis” may actually show them up for what they are: Clueless Incompetent Boobs.
BTW… this was also reported on the NPR afternoon news program “All Things Considered.”
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Released: April 23, 2012
Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero—and Perhaps Less
by Jeffrey Passel, D’Vera Cohn and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera
The largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States has come to a standstill. After four decades that brought 12 million current immigrants—more than half of whom came illegally—the net migration flow from Mexico to the United States has stopped—and may have reversed, according to a new analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center of multiple government data sets from both countries.
The standstill appears to be the result of many factors, including the weakened U.S. job and housing construction markets, heightened border enforcement, a rise in deportations, the growing dangers associated with illegal border crossings, the long-term decline in Mexico’s birth rates and changing economic conditions in Mexico.
The report is based on the Center’s analysis of data from five different Mexican government sources and four U.S. government sources. Read the rest of this entry »
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