This article is over a week old, but it is still relevant. On October 26th, the New York Times ran an article"Mexicans Miss Money From Relatives Up North." The article talks about how the flow of remittances to family members in Mexico is starting to stagnate. It also mentions that various rhetoric and enforcement campaigns against illegal immigrants has made many Mexicans decided that the risk of coming to the United States for jobs is too high. Part of this is the result of the end of the housing boom: there are now less construction jobs that made up a huge portion of where illegal immigrants were employed.
I think one of the more interesting things about the article though, is that it mentions it is becoming more difficult for Mexicans who were counting on remittances to start businesses in Mexico. The net effect is that illegal immigrants' trouble getting jobs in the United States is making it harder for Mexico to build a strong domestic economy and thus is forcing more people to seek jobs in the United States.
Article is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/business/worldbusiness/26remit.html?hp=&pagewanted=all
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