[Allegra]

Nice to see some good news these days. :)

[Unbeliever]

As Mexican Migrants Head Home for Holidays, Some May Stay for Good

And who says there is no good news these days?

[alloysteel]

Tightening up the borders does seem to be having some effect. The migrants (apparently most of whom are illegal) are trekking back to Mexico, probably not to return for some time. Hopefully they will seek a legal admission when they do choose to return. There has never been much disagreement with the concept of legally admitted workers, but the strain came when huge numbers of undocumented individuals, some of whom may not have been seeking honest labor, came swarming into the US. As long as our economy was stable or expanding, these people could be absorbed, but when everybody is crippling along, they have become a luxury we cannot afford any longer. So home they go. Perhaps they may apply their newly acquired skills to bolster and enrich the economies of their home towns.

[american spirit]

Yes Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus.

[FITZ]

a dramatic jump in applications for Mexican passports and other documents used to return home by Mexician citizens

That's interesting. They have to have the right papers to get into Mexico even though they're Mexican citizens but that's not supposed to stop them from coming to the US. Why don't they just go back the way they came and Fox can give them amnesty. He says he believes in that.

[glock rocks]

But illegal immigrants who hope to return to the United States after the holidays say it won't be easy to cross the border with the tightened security. Mexican officials are warning all migrants - even those who have U.S. visas - to carefully plan their return trips.
yes, indeed plan your criminal activity carefully...

They are laying off a lot of people, and the undocumented workers are the first to go."
you mean illegal aliens, right?

Casanueva expects only 2 percent to 3 percent of returning migrants will remain in Mexico.
it's a start. got a visa? pay taxes? fine. otherwise, you are an illegal parasite.

[blam]

Good news bump.

[Roman33]

Good Riddence

[glc1173@aol.com]

Similar reports here in "Carolina del Norte" in the ultraliberal Charlotte Observer - which reports that the crash in the main industries the illegals gravitate to here in this state (textiles, furniture, construction) has many of them gone back to Mexico already.

They sure seem to have left Alamance County in significant numbers. Many Mexican-oriented businesses are gone.

IMMIGRATION resource library - with public-health facts of immigration

[Brownie74]

....some say they may stay for good.

Christmas comes early this year. This is the best news I have heard in a long time. I hope they all go home and stay home where they belong - forever.