During the same time frame, an estimated 870,000 Mexican immigrants left Mexico to come to the U.S. The findings are based on U.S. Census Bureau surveys that measure immigrant inflow from Mexico along with data from the National Survey on Demographic Dynamics (ENADID) conducted by Mexico’s chief statistical agency (INEGI) to measure migration back.
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It seems the endeavor of migrating simply isn’t worth it to more and more Mexicans, with a growing share saying life in the U.S.is neither better nor worse than it is in Mexico. An additional 14 percent had been deported, and 6 percent said they returned for jobs in Mexico.
The study released by Pew Research Center Thursday shows the overall flow of Mexican immigration into the U.S.is at its lowest since the 1990s. Troncoso said more families trying to reunite, stricter border guidelines and the Great Recession have been contributing factors to the drop in migration. It is hard to determine who enters the United States, when counting both illegal and legal immigrants.
China now competes with Mexico for the largest number of immigrants into the United States.
Chavez added that as the USA population ages, many Americans who oppose immigration from Mexico might rethink their opinion because of economic need.
As Donald Trump vows to shield America from a deluge of Mexican migrants, he may be a bit flabbergasted by this fact: More Mexicans have actually left the States than entered it in recent years. The net gain – for Mexico – was about 140,000 people, ending a half-century that saw more than 16 million Mexicans move to the United States (last year, 11.7 million were living here, compared with a peak of 12.8 million in 2007). Most believe Obama overstepped his authority when he announced his executive actions on immigration past year.
A new study has found that a longstanding flow of immigration has been reversed – more Mexicans are leaving the U.S. than migrating there. They’re rapists,”he said during his campaign announcement in June”.
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The era of mass migration from Mexico is “at an end”, declared Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew’s director of Hispanic research. “We think Mexican immigration is definitely in a new phase, and it will not return to the levels it once had”, Pew research associate and report author Ana Gonzalez-Barrera said.
