This Chart: More Mexicans Are Going Back to Mexico Than Coming Here

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The United States continues to experience a drop in the number of Mexican immigrants seeking the American dream.

The Pew Research Center estimates that 1 million Mexican immigrants have departed the U.S. since the great recession began in 2009. Meanwhile, only 870,000 immigrants have left their homes in Mexico to reside in the United States during that same time period.

Experts believe that a bolster in border security as well as the United States’ economic rocky recovery has made the it less of a magnet for Mexican immigrants.

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  1. Avatar for dwolf dwolf says:

    There goes half of Trump’s platform!

    Switching to Syrians in 5, 4, 3, 2…

  2. Avatar for edhedh edhedh says:

    does this mean we don’t need no f*cking wall. we already have a nice door.

  3. Shared on FB.

  4. (snark> Well, this is why Trump’s wall makes sense. Gotta keep our Murican gardeners and health care workers here in Murica. Who will wipe our parents’ asses in their nursing homes otherwise?

    (/snark>

  5. Won’t the wall prevent them from going back?

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