Migrant workers leave U.S.
Published: 08 June, 2009, 14:06
Edited: 12 November, 2009, 10:01
TAGS: USA
As the unemployment rate rises among migrant workers in the U.S, they face a tough choice of whether to stay or return home. Statistics show immigration has dropped significantly in the first months of this year.
The number of migrant workers from Mexico – Latin America's largest supplier of new immigrants to the U.S. – has decreased by 13 per cent in the first quarter of 2009, against the same period in 2008, The Wall Street Journal reports referencing the Pew Hispanic Center.
In the same period, more people returned to Mexico than left for the U.S. – about 139,000 returnees versus 137,000 leaving their home country.
Mexicans account for 32 per cent of immigrants in the United States, and more than half of them lack legal status, according to the Pew center.
Some researchers partially link the drop in immigration from Mexico to increased border controls. Others note that a revival of the economy would bring more illegal immigrants to the U.S. regardless of this deterrent.
Also, a recent report from the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reveals that immigrants have been hit harder by the current recession than have native-born Americans.
It says the number of unemployed immigrants has increased by 1.3 million (130 per cent) since the third quarter of 2007. Among natives, the increase was five million (81 per cent).
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I believe its a sad but challenging time for everyone worldwide. there are many opportunities in the united states for immigrants, or should i say "was". I believe the backlash against hiring immigrants has something to do with different ethnic groups being unemployed by the recesssion and unfortunately the hard working immigrants get shunned or targeted because their not " american" by birth. Then, recently there were gossip about the origin of the swine flu and its too been blamed on migrants, its all unfair to immigrants and their families tryin to capture the american dream like the rest of us, but sometime the grass seems greener on the other side but never is it really.
Over the years {at least 50 years} Americans have watched the large numbers of foreigners coming to America to seek work. Initially, they were mostly from Mexico. They worked so hard and were so productive that employers became addicted to the wealth produced by this cheap labor. The Mexicans would work twice as hard as most typical American laborers and often got paid a little more than the American worker. The more Mexicans who came to America, the less likely an employer could get the same kind of work out of a legal resident. America love the hard work foreigners perform, but are not very enthusiastic about bringing them into the country legally or as legal immigrant. Don't accept the labor if they cannot be legal immigrants.