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Two million Mexicans will emigrate to the US
Univision Online ^ | 3-20-2002 | Staff

Posted on 03/20/2002 1:26:34 PM PST by FreedomSurge

MÉXICO CITY.- the National Council of Population (Conapo) predicts that during Vicente Fox’s 6 year term, around two million Mexicans will emigrate to American soil; a number that is equivalent to the emigration of the total population of the Mexican states of Baja California Sur, Campeche and Colima.

Family networks and interconnections

Rodolfo Tuirán, president of Conapo, in statements published in El Universal, said that the population of Mexicans (by birth or by heritage) that lives in the US comes to 23 million, of which three million are there without documents.

Tuirán says that these numbers represent eight percent of the population of the US and constitutes a key piece of the economic engine of that country, in addition, they do not displace American laborers and what’s more, they generate higher profitability for businesses by means of being a source of cheap manual labor; and most importantly “legal or illegal ", all the Mexicans pay taxes just like the other citizens of US ".

According to the study “The Mexico to United States Immigration – the best economic scenario” published by Conapo, by 2005 there will be an annual emigration of 380 thousand Mexicans to the US. Besides being necessary; the migratory phenomenon, " by its own characteristics, has acquired a strong momentum that is very difficult to stop ".

Francisco Alba Hernandez, researcher for the School of Mexico (Colmex), said to El Univesal that because of the dynamics that has been generated, the migratory phenomenon " is going to continue to last some 10 or 15 years because radical change in the near term is not anticipated ".

Meanwhile, Mónica Vera, researcher for the Center for North American Research (CISAN) of the Independent National University of Mexico (UNAM), emphasizes that migration has maintained constant flows throughout the years because Mexicans have managed to create networks and non-legal labor markets, through the multiplicity of contacts that they have established in both nations.

Nevertheless the experts claim that most migration revolves around networks of relatives and countrymen, which have been generated on both sides of the border. Currently out of 2,433 municipalities that make up the country only 93, claim to not have had anyone emigrate to the United States according to last population census in 2000

Mexican presence on the border

What stands out from the numbers is that 60 percent of the Hispanic population in the US is of Mexican origin.

The Mexican population residing in US territories can be divided into three groups: 8.5 million are immigrants, seven million people were born in the US of Mexican parents and, finally the rest, who were born in the US of Mexican heritage.

According to studies made by the population censuses, 90 percent of the Mexican population resides in 12 states of the US: in California 41 percent, Texas 25 percent, Illinois 6 percent, Arizona 5 percent, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and Washington tie with two percent each and, Nevada, Georgia, New York and Carolina of the North with one percent each.

In addition the revenue from remittances constitute the third largest currency source for Mexico, only after oil and manufacturing exports, according to data published by the Bank of Mexico.


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To: Brownie74
"If you believe that, you are the type of person that would get excited over the prize in a box of Cracker Jacks."

Actually I do not believe that at all but I do believe this article is representative of the official and unofficial Mexican beliefs.

21 posted on 03/20/2002 2:16:14 PM PST by FreedomSurge
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To: Regulator
"What kind of country is proud of the fact that most of its citizens don't want to live there?"

A country that has a severe inferiority complex vis a vi its northern neighbor.

Because of that, there is a compelling need to take credit for the economic sucess north of the border whether true or not.

22 posted on 03/20/2002 2:18:36 PM PST by FreedomSurge
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To: hsmomx3
This article is pure crap.
23 posted on 03/20/2002 2:23:22 PM PST by Travis McGee
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To: FreedomSurge
I do believe this article is representative of the official and unofficial Mexican beliefs.

I could care less what their beliefs are if they are illegal. Officially or unofficially!!

24 posted on 03/20/2002 2:25:56 PM PST by Brownie74
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To: FreedomSurge
A country that has a severe inferiority complex vis a vi its northern neighbor.

Because of that, there is a compelling need to take credit for the economic sucess north of the border whether true or not.

Thanks for this little jewel. I am going to have to save and enlarge this and frame it.

25 posted on 03/20/2002 2:29:41 PM PST by Brownie74
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To: FreedomSurge
True. That is the motivating concept - "we did it". Would it be tawdry of me to point out that 80% of the Mexicans in this country came here after 1975, and that in 1975, the U.S. was already the acknowledged leader of the world, without the help of los campesinos?

Nah. That would be mean. NEVER be mean. Ask King Jorge....

26 posted on 03/20/2002 2:31:32 PM PST by Regulator
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To: ALL
a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/650286/posts">Though the bill is aimed at illegal immigrants, Bush three times referred to legal immigrants as he promoted it

Bush lies about this bill and gets a pass from the liberal media because they know who these illegal immigrants will vote for once they become citizens of both the USA and Mexico.

27 posted on 03/20/2002 2:36:49 PM PST by RickyJ
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To: ALL
Though the bill is aimed at illegal immigrants, Bush three times referred to legal immigrants as he promoted it

Bush lies about this bill and gets a pass from the liberal media because they know who these illegal immigrants will vote for once they become citizens of both the USA and Mexico.

28 posted on 03/20/2002 2:37:23 PM PST by RickyJ
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To: Brownie74
Listen to the statements of Fox. When talking about the power of Mexico he always includes the economic power of the 23 million Mexicans in the US. Out of the 23 million only eight 15 million are US citizens.

The mexicans firmly believe that the growth of the US economy is based on the exploitation of the unskilled mexican laborer. That is how they justify coming over here illegally.

29 posted on 03/20/2002 2:37:28 PM PST by FreedomSurge
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To: Regulator
Third-world countries.
30 posted on 03/20/2002 2:38:38 PM PST by koba
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To: Brownie74
That is 9 billion dollars out of our economy. Go figure!!

They pump far more than that into the economy in terms of labor. And that is a minor disaster for the Mexican economy. The "23 million Mexicans" (I find it more than a little annoying that they're calling 13.5 million Americans "Mexican", but that's another story...) in the US are adding to our economy, not theirs. The $9 billion they get back is hardly compensation for the economic activity that stays north of the border.

32 posted on 03/20/2002 2:39:54 PM PST by Redcloak
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To: Redcloak
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Because of their much lower education levels, Mexican immigrants earn significantly less than natives on average. This results in lower average tax payments and heavier use of means-tested programs. Based on estimates developed by the National Academy of Sciences for immigrants by age and education at arrival, the lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average adult Mexican immigrant is a negative $55,200.

33 posted on 03/20/2002 2:51:43 PM PST by sarcasm
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To: FreedomSurge
I went to Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, this past weekend. Except for sanitation and construction, there wasn't much distinction...although the food in Nuevo Laredo was better.
34 posted on 03/20/2002 2:55:15 PM PST by Young Rhino
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To: Brownie74
20%-25% of El Salvador lives here so why not the same for Mexico? File this one under "SHACKLED TO AN UNGRATEFUL CORPSE"

 

 

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36 posted on 03/20/2002 3:05:01 PM PST by dennisw
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To: isthisnickcool
What? Do they all want to cut my grass too?

O hell man, for less than minimum wage you can hire someone to scrape the gunk from under your toenails. I thank God everyday for illegal immigration, cause I like having gunk scraped cheap. I met some Mex illegal the other day who wanted to sell me stolen gasoline. I politely declined and wondered to myself how F***ed up a society is when folks are walking around offering discounts on hot fuel products.

37 posted on 03/20/2002 3:13:26 PM PST by Dakmar
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To: FreedomSurge
Mexico is a rich country with lots of natural resources controlled by a few people who don't give a whit about their fellow citizens. Why don't we make them take care of their own citizens? Why doesn't someone in this country make an issue of this since we certainly can't expect anyone in Mexico to do it.
38 posted on 03/20/2002 3:26:34 PM PST by Aria
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To: Brownie74
The military needs to be on the border, armed to the teeth, and ordered to halt the onslaught. Univision should be tossed off the air in the U.S. for encouraging an invasion and for sedition.
39 posted on 03/20/2002 3:33:16 PM PST by Tancredo Fan
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To: FreedomSurge
The mexicans firmly believe that the growth of the US economy is based on the exploitation of the unskilled mexican laborer.

Are you actually trying to tell me that people that can't even spell computer, or space shuttle, or nuclear weapons (much less work on or produce such items) believe this?

If that is the case, they need to move south instead of north.

40 posted on 03/20/2002 3:36:26 PM PST by Brownie74
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