Sunday, December 11, 2011

Crisis Clobbers Mexican Immigrants

Salem-News.com from Frontera NorteSur
November 28, 2011


 
(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - The last four years have been a rough road for Mexican immigrants in the US. Anti-immigrant laws in Arizona, Alabama and other states have disrupted lives and sent people packing, while record deportations have uprooted longtime residents and divided families. If public policy shifts weren't enough, economic tremors have clobbered the Mexican immigrant community. That's according to a report by BBVA Research, an arm of the BBVA bank in Mexico.

In a new study, BBVA Research reveals that 900,000 Mexican immigrants residing in the US have fallen into poverty since the global economic crisis struck in 2008. [...]

Read the full article:
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/november282011/immigrant-crisis.php

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