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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| In Mexico, the U.S. Downturn Hits Home |
| 2009-06-15 |
| EL ARENAL, Mexico -- When Jesus Barrera Lopez had a sweet job laying tile floors in Phoenix, he did what every migrant from his home town in central Mexico does: He sent home money, bundles of it. "Before the economic recession started, I usually sent $300 or $400 every two weeks to my family. But when the crisis came, I only sent like $100," said Barrera who recently returned here to the hot, rocky hills in the state of Hidalgo after the construction industry in Arizona imploded and work became nearly impossible to find. And now? "There's nothing," said Barrera, 29, hanging out in his half-finished house and remembering the boom times, when he and 50 migrant workers from El Arenal sent money home at Christmas to host a party for the whole town. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #15 Its funny that this article is out today, because on my way to work I was listening to BBC world news (Sirius) and a VERY similar story of woe for the illegal (european) alien. Its almost like the MSM is on some sort of playbook (listserv) and someone is calling the stories that will be posted for the day. Coincidence? Probably not. |
| Posted by: GoldenShellback 2009-06-15 19:07 |
| #14 so i wish i could talk too a mod, because i have bene coming too this site since it started and know what lines too cross and what not too. |
| Posted by: Claviter Fillmore1270 2009-06-15 18:46 |
#13 i didn't say anything about assasination or getting banned i have no idea what you are talking about. I wrote that i was also a construction worker and am currently unemployed and am not mexican. Also i guess some think that like i was told by a local cop that i must be a piece of shit because i was a construction worker. Nothin about assasination or getting banned
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| Posted by: Claviter Fillmore1270 2009-06-15 18:45 |
| #12 [Fester Cheater1846 has been pooplisted.] |
| Posted by: Fester Cheater1846 2009-06-15 18:41 |
| #11 btw - what was the crossed line that got funky skunk pooplisted? A "I'm probably going to get banned for this", followed by a sentence advocating assassination. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-06-15 13:24 |
| #10 Prolly for calling for the untimely and unnatural demise of someone other than acknowledged enemies. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-06-15 11:49 |
| #9 The Mexican government has a program that matches at a rate of 3 to 1 money sent home by migrants for public works in their towns Stimulus plan Mexican style. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-06-15 11:12 |
| #8 Tracking a million $400 monthly transactions south is about as easy as tracking a couple million just under $200 anonymous debit/credit card donations to a political campaign. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-06-15 10:57 |
| #7 "Remittances sent home by Mexicans in the United States are the second-largest source of legal foreign revenue in the country" Is there not a way to tax these, unless proof of USA citizenship is shown? |
| Posted by: Lagom 2009-06-15 10:18 |
| #6 [funky skunk has been pooplisted.] |
| Posted by: funky skunk 2009-06-15 09:17 |
| #5 [funky skunk has been pooplisted.] |
| Posted by: funky skunk 2009-06-15 09:16 |
| #4 [funky skunk has been pooplisted.] |
| Posted by: funky skunk 2009-06-15 09:16 |
| #3 [funky skunk has been pooplisted.] |
| Posted by: funky skunk 2009-06-15 09:15 |
| #2 Remittances sent home by Mexicans in the United States are the second-largest source of legal foreign revenue in the country, That an interesting twist by a propagandist. It's like writing about income from "pharmaceutical" trade rather than "drug" trade. Being a foreigner in the US without authorization is illegal. While not all remittances are from illegals, a lot were and are. That is one of the key reasons the government in Mexico City gave lip service to Washington about the illegal practice. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-06-15 08:09 |
| #1 The nanoviolins of Summer wound my heart with a monotonous languor... |
| Posted by: rwv 2009-06-15 07:57 |