One in two Mexicans has family in U.S., poll finds

[Jeffrey]

MEXICO CITY – Almost one in two Mexicans has a family member working in the United States, and a third of those were sent money in the past year, according to a survey published in Mexican daily El Universal Monday.

The poll of 1,000 people showed 45 percent had at least one relative across the border and 61 percent rated the money they send as “very important,” illustrating Mexico’s reliance on remittances.

oas.signonsandiego.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/default/empty.gif Some 11 million Mexicans in the United States sent home a record $23 billion to their families last year – Mexico’s second-biggest source of foreign currency after oil imports, even dwarfing the tourism industry.

signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20070430-0956-mexico-usa-.html

 

[a_priori]

Throughout history there have been large movements of people seeking a better life. This is a force of nature that cannot be stopped. It’s normal. America is browning and caucasians will be in the minority before too long.

I’ll take a large influx of Catholic Mexicans over other people who come here that hate Christianity and want to remake our society from within.

 

[GregoryPalamas]

Throughout history there have been large movements of people seeking a better life. This is a force of nature that cannot be stopped. It’s normal. America is browning and caucasians will be in the minority before too long.

I’ll take a large influx of Catholic Mexicans over other people who come here that hate Christianity and want to remake our society from within.

I read a study that indicated that a majority are not Cahtolic though many are. I pray that the report is incorrect. There does seem to be a bit more familial sense among Catholic Mexicans than among other groups but that may be anecdotal.

I think the historical trends you indicate are true.

CDL

 

[Lance]

At one time this probably could have been said of Italians, Irish, Scandanavians and Poles. When we were in Italy, it seemed that everyone we met had family in America. As long as they come here legally, what’s the problem. Most of them work hard and only a minority cause any problems.

 

[BlyssfulDreamer]

I’ll take a large influx of Catholic Mexicans over other people who come here that hate Christianity and want to remake our society from within.

I would have no problem either if they came legally. When they do not it show total lack of regard for our laws and those kind of people I do not want in this country. Why do they feel they should jump ahead of those who asked to come here and are waiitng their turn? Do YOU like it whne someone jumps ahead of you in line?

:heart:Blyss

 

[BlyssfulDreamer]

The poll of 1,000 people showed 45 percent had at least one relative across the border and 61 percent rated the money they send as “very important,” illustrating Mexico’s reliance on remittances.
Some 11 million Mexicans in the United States sent home a record $23 billion to their families last year – Mexico’s second-biggest source of foreign currency after oil imports, even dwarfing the tourism industry.

It is rather obvious why Mexico doesn’t want an end to illegal immigration. Look at all the revenue the illegal immigration business brings to them. They get the revenue and the American taxpayer gets to pay for their medical care , education and social programs. Wow! What a deal!! they get the money…we get the shaft.

Maybe this country should make it illegal to send money away to a foreign country…or at the very least…have the money that would be sent to Mexico kept here to help pay for what they are costing us.

:heart:Blyss

 

[dawgfan]

Maybe this country should make it illegal to send money away to a foreign country…or at the very least…have the money that would be sent to Mexico kept here to help pay for what they are costing us.

I do not support illegal immigration.

But I don’t think anyone should tell me what I can and can’t do with my money. If I want to send it to someone in another country, I’ve worked too hard for that money for anyone to tell me what I can or can not do with it.

 

[a_priori]

I would have no problem either if they came legally. When they do not it show total lack of regard for our laws and those kind of people I do not want in this country. Why do they feel they should jump ahead of those who asked to come here and are waiitng their turn? Do YOU like it whne someone jumps ahead of you in line?

:heart:Blyss

This is not tantamount to standing in line at the grocery store. This is the movement of people along a socio-economic gradient that leads from relative poverty in many cases, to a decent life. There have been migrations of people like this all throughout history.

The concept of breaking the law is real to Americans because we have something to preserve. To a person seeking a better life it is an abstract and meaningless concept. The haves want the have-nots to know their place and accept the rules of the game. They don’t and they never will.

It is normal for the haves to preserve the pie. It is also normal for the have-nots to want a piece of it. People will move. It is one of the strongest forces in nature and will not be stopped.

 

[BlyssfulDreamer]

I do not support illegal immigration.

But I don’t think anyone should tell me what I can and can’t do with my money. If I want to send it to someone in another country, I’ve worked too hard for that money for anyone to tell me what I can or can not do with it.

…and by the same token the US taxpayer should not be required to pay for their health care, their education or for any social benefits. I have a real hard time thinking of them sending their money *back home *while I am others like me pay for their care, education etc.

:heart:Blyss

 

[BlyssfulDreamer]

As for the grocery line analogy…The effect is the same. When someone had gone by the rules…waited and waited only to be passed over for someone who didn’t feel they should wait their turn it causes bad feelings. Listen to some of the legal immigrants who have waited to come here and taken THEIR turn only to have the illegals push ahead and not have to play by the same set of rules.

IF the law is a meaningless concept to those coming here illegally that is one more reason they should not be here. We are a country of laws and those laws have to be respected and followed and I don’t want anyone here who flies in the face of our laws. Will they then decide what laws they feel are worthy of abiding by? That is ridiculous!

:heart:Blyss

 

[dawgfan]

…and by the same token the US taxpayer should not be required to pay for their health care, their education or for any social benefits. I have a real hard time thinking of them sending their money *back home *while I am others like me pay for their care, education etc.

:heart:Blyss

So are you saying that if I (a US citizen) have a family member (could be a non US citizen or a US Citizen) move to Central America for a job or for retirement that you would support a law saying I could not send them money?

 

[BlyssfulDreamer]

So are you saying that if I **(a US citizen) **have a family member (could be a non US citizen or a US Citizen) move to Central America for a job or for retirement that you would support a law saying I could not send them money?

If you are a US citizen…then the question is moot. I was referring to illegals sending money back home. ILLEGALS…

:heart:Blyss

 

[a_priori]

As for the grocery line analogy…The effect is the same. When someone had gone by the rules…waited and waited only to be passed over for someone who didn’t feel they should wait their turn it causes bad feelings. Listen to some of the legal immigrants who have waited to come here and taken THEIR turn only to have the illegals push ahead and not have to play by the same set of rules.

IF the law is a meaningless concept to those coming here illegally that is one more reason they should not be here. We are a country of laws and those laws have to be respected and followed and I don’t want anyone here who flies in the face of our laws. Will they then decide what laws they feel are worthy of abiding by? That is ridiculous!

:heart:Blyss

Ridiculous it may be. But human interaction is not always characterized by civility and the rule of law.

 

[BlyssfulDreamer]

Ridiculous it may be. But human interaction is not always characterized by civility and the rule of law.

This is a country of laws…without them you have anarchy. If you don’t like the current laws on the books, appeal to your Congressional Representative to have them changed…BUT until they are…those are the laws we go by. The immigration laws are being broken right and left by the illegals…they are criminals by virtue of the fact that they have come through without going through the proper channels.

They can have all the human interaction they want…either in their homeland or HERE when they come LEGALLY.

:heart:Blyss

 

[a_priori]

This is a country of laws…without them you have anarchy. If you don’t like the current laws on the books, appeal to your Congressional Representative to have them changed…

What does this have to do with me? I’m merely pointing out a reality. How I feel about the laws is unimportant.

They can have all the human interaction they want…either in their homeland or HERE when they come LEGALLY.

It sounds relevant. But it’s not because they are still coming and will continue to come.

 

[Verisimilitude]

I’ll take a large influx of Catholic Mexicans over other people who come here that hate Christianity and want to remake our society from within.

Many who come here lose their Catholic values, replacing them with secular values- untill they need sanctuary and run into a church.

Such cavalier attitudes toward illegal immigrants by American citizens is worse than the illegality of the immigrants themselves.