i was taught to love all people no matter what and my daughter is half illegal mexican so i take great offense to those who have personal issues with mexicans

My son is half legal Mexican and I don't see what having a problem with illegal immigration has to do with Mexicans in general. All Mexicans are not illegal immigrants.

it seems that most of the immigration issues lately have been directed at mexicans,hondurans...ect all the issues of border control and such.maybe if they did'nt make it so hard and so expensive these people would come legally but unfortunately until something changes they will keep coming that.as dangerous as it is its the only option for these people

reba0201,

I agree that the immigration process needs to be improved, but until then the people who want to come here need to do it the hard way (right way) or be labeled criminals.

Report: Latino immigrants send $30 billion to home countries



By: EDWARD SIFUENTES - Staff Writer

ESCONDIDO ---- Every few weeks, Maria Jauregui saves about $100 and sends it through an Escondido money-wiring service to her elderly parents in her native Michoacan, Mexico.

"My parents are old and they can't work, so we send them money to help them survive," Jauregui said, while leaving the Giromex office on Center City Parkway, one of a growing number of money-wiring businesses in North County. She is a laborer at a book-binding company and earns minimum wage, $6.75 an hour.

Jauregui, who lives in San Pasqual, is among the millions of Latin American-born immigrants who sent a total of $30 billion to their home countries last year, according to a report released this week by the Inter-American Development Bank, a major lender to Caribbean and Latin American governments.

California, which is home to one in four of the nation's 32.5 million immigrants, ranked first among the states, with immigrants here sending $9.6 billion to Latin America, according to the report. New York ranked a distant second with $3.6 billion being sent to Latin American countries.

Immigrants say the money pays for food, shelter, education, home construction, furniture and appliances for family members left behind.

But some critics of immigrant remittances ---- the money sent home, usually through wiring services ---- say the money also encourages a "culture of migration" from these countries and drains money from the U.S. economy.

"It would be one thing if the money being sent abroad was being invested to create economic opportunity in Mexico and Latin America," said Dan Stein, executive director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a Washington-based organization that advocates curbing immigration levels. "On the contrary, most of it is spent on consumption or to bring additional family members to the U.S."

Fernando Lozano, a visiting research fellow at UC San Diego specializing in remittances, said the relationship between the United States and Mexico is much more complex than just the push-and-pull effect of economics.

"We can no longer consider immigration between the two countries in simply positive and negative terms. Our economic, cultural and social ties are a reality," Lozano said. "There is a market not just for merchandise, but for labor, too. Beyond the question of whether this is good or bad, it's a reality."

According to the survey, 24 percent of those sending remittances are U.S. citizens, 39 percent are legal immigrants and 32 percent are undocumented migrants.

Lozano said that while $30 billion sounds to be a huge amount of money, the effect of the influx in cash varies from region to region in Latin America. For example, the $13 billion sent by immigrants to Mexico represents about 1 percent of the country's gross domestic product. On the other hand, the $2.3 billion sent to El Salvador represents about 15 percent of its annual gross domestic product.

"Even within Mexico, remittances tend to benefit only those regions where large numbers of people migrate," Lozano said. "These are central and western states in Mexico, such as, Michoacan, Jalisco Guanajuato and Zacatecas."

The Inter-American Bank study was based largely on a survey of 3,802 people in 37 states, which indicated that about 64 percent of immigrants sent money regularly to their home countries.

According to the survey, these immigrants sent money at least four times a year, sending an average of $235 with each remittance.

The large amounts of money being sent are "not a cause for celebration, because it means economies (in Latin America and the Caribbean) are not generating enough jobs," said Donald Terry, manager of the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank.

But in countries where banks don't serve the poor, remittances provide limited "financial democracy," Terry said. That is because the money transfers are helping to pay not only for basic needs, but also for helping to start small businesses, and are paying for public projects such as roads and community plazas.

Lozano said he was not surprised by the report's findings. He said a growing number of new immigrants means that the total amount sent to Latin America will continue to increase as long as immigration continues to grow.

Given the demand for immigrant labor, remittances are unlikely to diminish soon, he said.

The survey also seems to bear out Lozano's assertion that newer immigrants send more money home than more established immigrants. For example, 80 percent of immigrants in southern states ---- such as Georgia and Virginia, who are drawn there recently by jobs in meat-packing and poultry industries ---- sent money home at least four times a year.

In California and Texas, where immigrants have lived longer periods of time, those figures dropped to 64 percent and 43 percent respectively, according to the survey, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

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Thank you lovely taxpayers, without you we would not be able to do this. In the name of my homeboys I would like to express our deep appreciation, and encourage you to keep paying your taxes.
My homeboys and Iraq needs you.
God bless North America, and its people.

Wrong, If your family came through Ellis Island, they came legally. They were registered, counted, and had health checks!
They are legal!

If you walked here through the desert, lied about visiting, (only to never intend leaving), or countless other ways it isnt the same.

Quit saying we are all illegals. Thats a load of ****, and shows you know nothing about immigration in America!

If you came here before we were a Nation then you are the descendants of conqurers. Again, Different than an illegal, undocumented, ID stealing, Non-taxpaying immigrant!

You should have gotten the hint when it required you to hide the fact that you were coming here! I feel no remorse for sending you back. If your an American woman that got pregnant and had a child by an illegal immigrant, Oh-well you made a poor choice. Now live with it!

Round them up and send them home. "All", If the child is born here and both parents are illegal, then the child is too, and they go back as well!

Crush La Raza!!!

but still fanta u r supporting us, everytime u pay taxes.
and for that i send u a big hand shake my brother.

and I to you TLW!!!

I still dont trust a Republican for president!!

Granted, we will need legal temporary,(Key word, migrant workers.
When they get a MICA, resident work card, they no longer want to, or will, work the migrant jobs.
We need a plan for legals to come in, temporarily, and then, go back home. Not taking up permanent residence here.
One idea is issue the Temporary Card to the workers only. Not allow the family to come with them.
As it is, the Illegal works under the table and the wife applies for food stamps, TANF, and Medicaid. That is Fraud and should be prosecuted. The rest of us would be.
I would urge all legal US Citizens to call, email, fax, etc. your State Reps and demand they uphold and enforce all the laws and require proof of legal residence when applying at DHS.

Where are all the good women at?

i am one of those american women that got pregnant by an illegal, and i'm not complaining i go to work everyday and i raise and support her i am not on welfare,and i do not regret any of it i loved...love her father,he's a good person,a hard worker,and a great son to his parents,for them he risked his life at an early age so that his aging parents,who are unable to work anymore could have some basic HUMAN needs such as food and healthcare...so on that note VIVA LA RAZA TLW...america needs more people like you

I agree, Wlaker is a good man!

Viva la walker!!!

i am one of those american women that got pregnant by an illegal, and i'm not complaining i go to work everyday and i raise and support her i am not on welfare,and i do not regret any of it i loved...love her father,he's a good person,a hard worker,and a great son to his parents,for them he risked his life at an early age so that his aging parents,who are unable to work anymore could have some basic HUMAN needs such as food and healthcare...so on that note VIVA LA RAZA TLW...america needs more people like you.

Ms. Reba,
You claim to love this man and yet you are advertising for a man. If he has passed please, accept my sympathies.
If he's alive and this love you have for him is so great, why are you not with him?
I have Mexican Brother-in-laws. If either of them were so inclined to work here, I would do all in my power to help them.I cannot break the law. You cannot break the law. We would get arrested and be held accountable. Why would the law be applicable to one and voided for another?

One last thing. I'm going to make a prediction. Once California's harvesting and processing is finished for the year, the Governor will decide to follow suit with many other States and allow BICE to do it's job. He wouldn't cut his own political throat. For California, it's all about the money, not the poor Illegal. And yes, I have lived and worked in Ca. I know it's tomato, onion, fruit and other vegetable processing time there.

your showing a sensitive side...maybe your a good guy too,even if you have to dig a little deeper sometimes...thanks for letting me in on your discusion....i'm very passionate about this subject,and these people are very near and dear to my heart,they are my family and my friends,and they have always helped and supported me,and i will always do the same for them siempre mis mejor amigos,te quiero mucho

he's not here because even good people make mistakes,he got deported almost two years ago but we talk often,and we live apart the love i have for him is unconditional and ongoing,nothing more at this point we are parents of a little girl,so for her sake we talk and we love through her now

that is what deportation does, destroy families.
I pray for all those families that have been destroyed by the hate.
Now I have a name in specific for my prayers.
Reba, her daughter, and the dad of that baby girl.

REBA For you

lonelywalker,
You throw that word hate around like you know what you're doing. A lot of your posts show it. You show hate for all that is American.
If my wife somehow, lost her privilege to be here, I would have the option to go to where she is. If I loved and was committed to her, I would do just that. It's very easy to commute from a border town into the US to go to work. I have many friends in Del Rio who do that. I even did it for 2 years.
I don't hate you. I understand, if you, yourself are an Illegal, the frustration you feel about BICE knocking on your door. I imagine it would be stressful. However, you knew the deal when you decided to enter a country illegally, there could be consequences. I didn't create your problem and I do wish there could be a Temporary Migrant Worker Program in force that would allow the worker(alone), to come in, temporarily. Do the job, take their money and bing it back home with them.