Posted by
Playful Walrus on Monday, December 15, 2008 12:57:22 PM
Some illegal aliens from Mexico are going back to Mexico, and some people who are here legally don’t plan on staying here illegally. It really isn't all that many, especially when you consider the millions who are here illegally. Yet the Associated Press has a story by Ivan Moreno anyway.
Layoffs, dwindling job opportunities, anti-immigrant sentiment and the crackdown on illegal immigrants are forcing hard choices on many Mexican nationals in Colorado.
Is there really a lot of anti-immigrant sentiment out there? I don't think so. There are plenty of people who do not like illegal aliens filling our schools and hospitals and roads and jails using bogus documents. Illegal aliens are not immigrants. At least not in the legal defition.
Rico said what is known is that Mexicans are moving to other U.S. states - often places that historically have not seen a large population of Mexicans. They include North Carolina, Georgia, Idaho and Alaska, Rico said.
Whether for economic or anti-immigrant reasons, Rico said, "People are looking for alternatives within the United States."
They are going to follow the gravy.
Nationally, remittances to Mexico are down, as is Mexican emigration to the U.S.
Good.
August remittances totaled $1.9 billion, down 12 percent from August 2007, Mexico's Central Bank says. It's the first drop since the bank began tracking remittances in 1996.
And that’s not counting all of the money sent back by a longshot.
I don’t mind anyone coming to our country and staying, as long as they are here to be productive members of society. I do not want people coming here and engaging in crime, including identity theft. I don't want someone coming here and taking more – in the use of public infrastructure and services – than they are contributing via taxes.
We still need effective border control.
(Ooh, I must be insecure in my citizenship, since I am talking about illegal aliens. At least, that’s according to the claims of some homosexuality advocates who don’t like what I write.)