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To: Pa' fuera

...so they can go home and enrich Vicente Fox's economy.

On average $15 billion a year in remittances flow from the US to Mexico annually, benefiting the Mexican economy.


113 posted on 02/09/2005 6:26:37 PM PST by cassie22
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On average $15 billion a year in remittances flow from the US to Mexico annually, benefiting the Mexican economy.

And all that has done is to increase Mexican immigration to the US. I wonder how much of those remittances actually become seed money to finance chain migration (i.e. pay the bus fare, coyote, tourist visa application fees, etc.)?

116 posted on 02/09/2005 6:34:14 PM PST by Pa' fuera
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