Posted on 11/21/2014 7:43:40 AM PST by Rusty0604
An eerie quiet hangs over Intipuca, a Salvadoran town ...
... a symbol of the Central American exodus to the United States.
In a bid to address the influx, US President Barack Obama pledged on Thursday to overhaul America's "broken" immigration system in a controversial move that would protect millions of illegal arrivals from deportation.
Back in El Salvador, Intipuca epitomizes the impact of that migratory trend.
Its central square, "Emigrants Park," boasts a monument to local farmer Sigfredo Chavez, who slung his backpack over his shoulder in 1967 and headed for the United States, becoming the first Intipucan to make the journey.
Three months after leaving, Chavez sent his first letter home. He was living in Washington and working as a dishwasher.
News that he had already found a job spread like wildfire through the town.
He eventually brought his family to live with him -- the first of around 5,000 Intipuca residents to migrate to the United States,...
Of the 7,000 people who remain in Intipuca, it is nearly impossible to find one without family in the US.
Remittances sent from the US changed the local economy.
Emigration has been "both good and bad" for Intipuca, says the town's superintendent, Santos Portillo -- who himself has two children living in the US illegally.
"It helps the economy here, where there's no work or the jobs pay hunger wages. But it has also caused families to disintegrate," he told AFP.
"A lot of kids drop out of school. And we have a lot of parasites who just waste the money their relatives are working double shifts to send."
Remittances are a vital part of the local and national economy. The $4 billion Salvadorans sent from the United States last year amounted to 16 percent of El Salvador's economy.
(Excerpt) Read more at my.news.yahoo.com ...
Bush, Romney, McCain ... haven’t a clue.
They need a statue of a Hispanic guy holding a leaf blower at the White House
We’re just re-uniting families, don’cha know.
Since when does a town feature a statue commemorating someone _leaving_ as a laudable act?
America’s “broken” immigration system
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The immigration system is not broken...
it works fine...
Whats broken is the border and the rule of law...
Maybe after El Salvador is depopulated, we can move there and turn it into a prosperous country.
Cry me a river.
This is totally unrelated, of course, but where did Obama use to live?
Since U.S. opened its doors to them.
No jobs for the criminal invading illegals as 101 Million adults are not working already.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3211569/posts
Why not just annex these countries? At least we get some land and resources along with the people.
Exactly what I was thinking. Maybe we can buy a town cheap down there.
quote “The $4 billion Salvadorans sent from the United States last year amounted to 16 percent of El Salvador’s economy.”
you know what...
I think its time we start TAXES those !!!!
THAT’S a tax increase I could get behind!
Or taking a dump on the curb.
That could work but we can’t afford to just give them welfare. There are people willing to work and lots of natural resources. Would have to kill off the corruption and drug cartels.
I’m thinking the same thing! But please, let’s make it a rule that no liberals are allowed!
I guess it’s considered laudable when the town makes out financially from the jerk’s act of breaking into our country.
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