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Illegal immigration hits net zero
« on: April 09, 2012, 12:49:06 pm »
This is the new face of rural Mexico. Villages emptied out in the 1980s and '90s in one of the largest waves of migration in history. Today there are clear signs that a human tide is returning to towns both small and large across Mexico.

One million Mexicans said they returned from the US between 2005 and 2010, according to a new dem-ographic study of Mexican census data. That's three times the number who said they'd returned in the previous five-year period.

And they aren't just home for a visit: One prominent sociologist in the US has counted "net zero" migration for the first time since the 1960s.

Experts say the implications for both nations are enormous – from the draining of a labor pool in the US to the need for a radical shift in policies in Mexico, which has long depended on the billions of dollars in migrant remittances as a social welfare cornerstone.

"The massive return of migrants will have implications at the micro and macro economic levels and will have consequences for the social fabric ... especially for the structure of the Mexican family," says Rodolfo Casillas, a migration expert at the Latin American School of Social Sciences in Mexico City.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2012/0408/Home-again-in-Mexico-Illegal-immigration-hits-net-zero

Well I guess this is another platform the GOP has lost their footing on and doesn't seem to be a issue anymore at least as it stands now.  Let's hope they continue into irrelevancy!
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Re: Illegal immigration hits net zero
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2012, 12:54:39 pm »
That's if they cared about facts, but we all know they don't, and will still insist that every Mexican is illegal.

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Re: Illegal immigration hits net zero
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2012, 02:11:50 pm »
That's if they cared about facts, but we all know they don't, and will still insist that every Mexican is illegal.

Even the ones still in Mexico.
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Re: Illegal immigration hits net zero
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2012, 02:35:28 pm »
Reminds me of a poll on the ridiculous Alabama "illegal immigration" law that I saw on the local news. 20% of the respondents said it "didn't go far enough." These people won't be pleased until you bring back lynchings.

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Re: Illegal immigration hits net zero
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2012, 04:20:05 pm »
We offer pro football and they go back anyway?
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Re: Illegal immigration hits net zero
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2012, 04:51:33 pm »
But... think of all the agriculture jobs the just cleared up for us!*


*I realize that's incredibly stereotypical. Feel free to substitute "agriculture" for "landscaping," "plumbing", or "Home Depot" where necessary.
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Re: Illegal immigration hits net zero
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2012, 09:17:28 pm »
Is it stereotypical if it's the jobs that Americans keep pushing on them and exploit them for?
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Re: Illegal immigration hits net zero
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2012, 10:28:44 pm »
That's if they cared about facts, but we all know they don't, and will still insist that every Mexican is illegal.

Indeed. Facts certainly aren’t getting in the way of their stance on voter fraud. (Though I do find it hilarious that they are so keen on proving there is voter fraud, they wind up committing the lion’s share of what little fraud exists themselves.)
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Re: Illegal immigration hits net zero
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2012, 01:04:45 pm »
I've heard a few at work talk about going back, simply because they can't find work and they barely bring home any money  as is.
Guess the Republicans finally did something they wanted to. Break the financial back of the US, Mexicans stop immigrating and go home.
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Re: Illegal immigration hits net zero
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2012, 01:21:29 pm »
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Well I guess this is another platform the GOP has lost their footing on and doesn't seem to be a issue anymore at least as it stands now.  Let's hope they continue into irrelevancy!
do you really think that will stop them from claiming that Obama is letting illegal aliens come in and take over the country?
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Re: Illegal immigration hits net zero
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2012, 03:29:26 am »
The way I see it, instead of outright denial, the right twists this into what they'll call a victory on their end. In that case, they'll likely cite draconian state measures (like Alabama's, as mentioned before) as the reason and push for similar legislation on a national level (or at least in more states).
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Re: Illegal immigration hits net zero
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2012, 06:26:23 am »
Is it stereotypical if it's the jobs that Americans keep pushing on them and exploit them for?
Donno, at least the ones that make it up to NY seem to wind up in resturants fairly regularly. We've got one 'authentic mexican resturant' that's been raided on three seperate occasions and forced to close each time. They were pretty good too.