Net US migration from Mexico dips to zero
Mexico has directed more immigrants to the United States over the past four decades than any other nation.
In fact, the United States’ Mexican immigrants represent the largest chunk of immigrants in any country in the world.
But now Mexican migration into the States has come to a standstill and may soon reverse, according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center. This marks a dramatic change in the wave of Mexican migration that brought 12 million people to America over four decades.
Between 2005 and 2010, about 1.4 million Mexicans immigrated to the United States, which is roughly the same number of Mexicans who left over the same period.
The report attributes the drop to the drastic decline in birthrates in Mexico, the increasingly dangerous passage across the border, and the flagging American economy.
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