Posted on 06/06/2006 1:43:17 PM PDT by sinkspur
ACAPULCO, Mexico – Like the weather in this booming resort, Mexico's economy is hot. The government is awash in oil profits. Exports are at record levels. The stock market index has almost doubled in the last two years. Unemployment is at 3.3 percent.
So why do thousands of Mexicans, such as beachwear vendor Cristina Vargas, risk their lives crossing into the U.S.? And why is the practice expected to continue despite rising prosperity at home and tough border legislation pending in the U.S. Congress?
"The money is just better over there," said Ms. Vargas, who swam across the Rio Grande in 1999, worked various jobs in the U.S., and returned to Acapulco last year. The 40-year-old single mother did not leave Mexico out of economic desperation. She left simply to improve her family's future.
More and more Mexicans who immigrate to the U.S. are employed urban dwellers with high school diplomas and even some college experience who are looking for better prospects, studies in both countries show. Many crossed legally and overstayed a visa, according to a study released last month.
That bucks the conventional wisdom that immigrants are mostly poor people looking for any kind of job and who would stay home if the economy grew.
And some analysts say emigration will not stop until Mexico runs out of young people entering the workforce and until it begins to offer something akin to the economic opportunities in the U.S. – which is not likely to happen for 10 to 15 years.
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"The money is just better over there," said Ms. Vargas,
Better known as GREED
Oh yeah.
""And some analysts say emigration will not stop until Mexico runs out of young people entering the workforce and until it begins to offer something akin to the economic opportunities in the U.S.""
Blah, Blah. It won't stop until wages for similar skills on each side of the border equalize.
The border and immigration rules are unfair trade barriers in the globalist/Bush view. Wage depression is profitable in the short term for certain employers.
The title is bad, typical for the dallas MN.
"The newest Mexican immigrants, those with six months' tenure or less, had relatively high levels of education, with 38 percent completing high school, the same survey found. (The survey was done outside Mexican consulates, and some critics have said it is not representative of all immigrants, especially poorly educated agricultural workers.)"
"More and more Mexicans who immigrate to the U.S. are employed urban dwellers with high school diplomas and even some college experience who are looking for better prospects, studies in both countries show"
So, does "more and more" mean 3% or 4% instead of 1% or 2%?
All of this benefits the corrupt ruling elites and the drug lords. None of this is trickling down to the people.
If Mexico had an honest government and implemented capitalistic reforms and guaranteed freedoms, they'd be kicking our butts economically.
"More and more Mexicans who immigrate to the U.S. are employed urban dwellers with high school diplomas and even some college experience who are looking for better prospects, studies in both countries show."
Obviously seeking to do jobs Americans won't.
Not impressed, if they are so intelligent than they should apply as legal immigrants there would be no reason to break our laws, ms smarty now would there?. (meant for illegal)
Now I see, they are not satisfied with the jobs Americans don't want to do. Now that we payed the freight they want the jobs Americans do want. LOL. This must be a joke. Amen.
ping
your point?
"More and more Mexicans who immigrate to the U.S. are employed urban dwellers with high school diplomas and even some college experience who are looking for better prospects, studies in both countries show"
So, does "more and more" mean 3% or 4% instead of 1% or 2%?"
regardless....they're illegal.
Information.
I was always under the impression that greed was the driving force behind the US economy.
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