Illegal immigration from Mexico continues decline
Illegal immigration from Mexico continues decline
- July 7, 2011
- Ruben Rumbaut, sociology professor, is quoted in the San Diego Union-Tribune July 7, 2011
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From the San Diego Union-Tribune:
In the past, large families and the resulting economic necessities pushed many Mexicans
to head northward, said Ruben Rumbaut, an expert in international migration at the
University of California, Irvine. Rumbaut said U.S. leaders need to recognize the
metamorphosis occurring south of the border and how it may be driving immigration
even more powerfully than factors in the U.S. "Mexico is a middle-income country and
as economic development occurs and as the fertility rate goes down and the education
level goes up, Mexico is going to reach a different development state that will significantly
reduce the need of its own population to cross into the U.S.," Rumbaut said. "That
will coincide with the time when there will be a big need (for workers) in the U.S."
as baby boomers retire.
For the full story, please visit http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/07/illegal-immigration-mexic....
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