Trend could be permanent, experts say
(NEWSER) - For the first time since the Great Depression, more Mexicans are leaving the US than are arriving, according to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center . Immigration from Mexico began to slow down in 2005 and probably reversed by 2010, according to the report. The US economy, tougher border enforcement, deportations, and the declining Mexican birth rate are cited as reasons for the change, which analysts believe could be permanent. Many of those returning to Mexico took their entire families, including around 100,000 US-born children. More»
