Posted on 05/29/2009 11:48:18 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
A year ago, Primitivo Morales had a home in the suburbs, two children in college and two successful businesses on E. Lake Street in Minneapolis. But the economic downturn, combined with cranked-up immigration enforcement, has driven customers away and crushed his personal finances. After 25 years in the United States, he now is reluctantly making plans to return to Mexico. Morales, 45, is part of a trend unfolding across the state and the nation. Latinos in the prime of their work life are returning home because their dreams have collapsed along with the economy. The numbers are still relatively small, say Latino leaders, but for the first time in years, the door back to Mexico is swinging open. "There were people up and down Lake Street a year ago; now there's nobody,'' said Morales, glancing sadly out the window of his restaurant, La Poblanita, onto the street. "The construction workers who used to come here are gone. ... And many [undocumented] people now are afraid to venture out. "Many people have left for Mexico.'' While there is no data that precisely documents the trend, there are clear indicators that Latino communities are facing their biggest economic challenges in years. The number of Mexicans immigrating to the United States dropped by 25 percent from August 2007 to August 2008, according to recent Mexican census data. The amount of money sent home by Mexican migrants dropped by $1 billion last year, the first decline since the government began tracking it 13 years ago, according to Mexico's central bank. In Minnesota, Latino unemployment jumped from 4.7 percent in 2006 to 7.5 percent in 2008, according to the most recent figures from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. Latino leaders believe the figure is even higher today...
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They can take their latinas with them.
The Democrat Party will have to put a stop to this! Too many Democrat voters will be leaving!
“Don’t the door hit you in the ash Primitivo.”
Just going back for more votes. (incentive $$$$$)
I saw this coming. However, down in mexico, (you know, that great country that latinos celebrate it’s ‘greatness’ every May 5th) it’s not exactly the land of milk and honey.
I feel the same. I am hopeful only because the states going bankrupt are going to be unable to continue to provide services, either to them or us. I will take it.
Why would Puerto Ricans go to Mexico?
Actually, they van leave some of the hot ones, cuz my laundry ain't gonna wash itself!
Adios muchacho!
I’m happy to see illegals leaving, but this Primitivo seems like a good example of POSITIVE immigration. He pays taxes through his business and if his kids are really in college that’s a plus for America. Now the construction workers he’s so sad to see go, on the other hand...
That’s true about dwindling services, but I’d bet that American citizens will be the first cut, and they will be the last. It’s too bad it’s not as easy for the Somalis to go home. My azz has been chapped over them ever since I read the story of how one group of them deliberately targeted a small town in Maine in order to attach themselves parasitically to the town’s small but seldom-used social services resources, and thereby overwhelmed the town. That is the most cynical, parasitical use of American generosity by a group I’ve ever heard of, and I know it couldn’t be an isolated case.
Its now the PC word for anyone who is not white or black. I don’t think they make the distinction anymore. Kind of like how illegal aliens are now undocumented workers or plain old immigrants. Slight of hand tricks.
I personally don’t care what border they cross, as long as it is in the right direction; out.
While I do applaud those who have come here legally and hope they can recover from this mess like other fellow Americans, it's high time the 'undocumented' freeloaders left. This has probably got a few Democrats worried since they comprise a good chunk of the voting base.
What costs more per year than the Iraq War?
Listed below are 14 important reasons why hearing that illegals are leaving the US is good for the taxpayers:
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/l dt.0html
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for welfare and social services by the American taxpayers.
http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html&nb
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that’s two-and-a-half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border. Homeland Security Report.
12. The National Policy Institute, “estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.”
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.
http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14. “The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States.”
http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml
Total cost is an astronomical $338.3 BILLION A YEAR!
Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’
Keep movin’, movin’, movin’,
Though they’re disapprovin’,
Keep them chollos movin’
Rawhide!
Don’t try to understand ‘em,
Just rope and throw and grab ‘em,
Soon we’ll be living high and wide.
Move ‘em on, head ‘em up,
Head ‘em up, move ‘em out,
Move ‘em on, head ‘em out
Rawhide!
Set ‘em out, ride ‘em in
Ride ‘em in, let ‘em out,
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in
Rawhide.
kee-rak!
Good riddance! Too bad, so sad.
You have to love the MSM. “Mexicans are leaving the US.” “There is NO DATA WHICH DOCUMENTS THE TREND...” So this tearjerker article is based on...NOTHING! We are nevertheless supposed to feel quite badly for all of these folks who invaded our nation quite illegally, sucked up as much free money from taxpayers as humanly possible, committed countless crimes.... Charming. Just charming.
“A year ago, Primitivo Morales had lived illegally in the U.S. for 25 years...”
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