red states rule
12-07-2008, 04:33 AM
Now the liberal media wants us to feel sorry for Mexico, and illegals????
As money sent home drops, Mexico reaches out
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Last updated: Sunday November 23, 2008, 2:47 PM
BY SAMANTHA HENRY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWARK — As the economic crisis worsens, the money that Mexicans living in the United States send home to their families continues to decline — reaching record lows over the summer.
But the Mexican government has long known that the day would come when the historic migration of its people north, including a huge number to New Jersey, would slow, and the remittance revenue stream — Mexico's second largest source of foreign income behind oil exports — would eventually dry up.
The situation is so serious that in September Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited Mexican immigrants in New Brunswick as the last stop on his way home after speaking at the United Nations.
The Mexican government has been preparing for the scenario with initiatives aimed at solidifying ties to their communities abroad; especially with the U.S.-born children of Mexican immigrants whose allegiance to their homeland weakens with each new generation.
"The long-term impact that this migration will not be seen in its full potential during this generation, but in future generations," said Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, the executive director of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad. "That impact will change the social fabric not just of Mexico, but of the United States. If you look at things from that long-horizon view, the remittance boom is only one chapter."
Gutierrez's organization, an agency of the Mexican government, was formed in 2003 to institutionalize immigrant relationship efforts that he says began in the early 1980s. Gutierrez says that's when the Mexican government's once-disdainful attitude toward its expatriates started to change.
"They've tried to take a much more proactive stance with these communities, with the recognition that they might not be coming back," Gutierrez said in a telephone interview from Mexico City.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/aroundnj/As_money_sent_home_drops_Mexico_reaches_out.html
As money sent home drops, Mexico reaches out
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Last updated: Sunday November 23, 2008, 2:47 PM
BY SAMANTHA HENRY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWARK — As the economic crisis worsens, the money that Mexicans living in the United States send home to their families continues to decline — reaching record lows over the summer.
But the Mexican government has long known that the day would come when the historic migration of its people north, including a huge number to New Jersey, would slow, and the remittance revenue stream — Mexico's second largest source of foreign income behind oil exports — would eventually dry up.
The situation is so serious that in September Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited Mexican immigrants in New Brunswick as the last stop on his way home after speaking at the United Nations.
The Mexican government has been preparing for the scenario with initiatives aimed at solidifying ties to their communities abroad; especially with the U.S.-born children of Mexican immigrants whose allegiance to their homeland weakens with each new generation.
"The long-term impact that this migration will not be seen in its full potential during this generation, but in future generations," said Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, the executive director of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad. "That impact will change the social fabric not just of Mexico, but of the United States. If you look at things from that long-horizon view, the remittance boom is only one chapter."
Gutierrez's organization, an agency of the Mexican government, was formed in 2003 to institutionalize immigrant relationship efforts that he says began in the early 1980s. Gutierrez says that's when the Mexican government's once-disdainful attitude toward its expatriates started to change.
"They've tried to take a much more proactive stance with these communities, with the recognition that they might not be coming back," Gutierrez said in a telephone interview from Mexico City.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/aroundnj/As_money_sent_home_drops_Mexico_reaches_out.html