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More Evidence of Declining Immigration

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By Michael Barone, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

Remittances to Mexico in calendar year 2008 fell by 3.6 percent, which apparently was twice as much as experts projected. This is a big hit to Mexico's economy; remittances are Mexico's second biggest source of hard currency, after oil exports. This is just more evidence that, as I wrote in a recent column and blogpost, that we may be seeing a sharp decline in immigration—and perhaps a significant reversal of immigrant flow.

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BUY AMERICAN; PRODUCTS MADE BY 40 MILLION ILLEGALS RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA!!!
MANDATORY USE OF E-VERIFY, BY FEDERAL CONTRACTORS, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO EFFECT JAN. 15, THEN FEB. 20, HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MAY 21, 2009.
THIS MEANS THAT ILLEGALS CAN TAKE THE JOBS GENERATED BY THE STIMULUS PACKAGE!!!
JOBS THAT LEGALLY, AND RIGHTFULLY, BELONG TO AMERICANS!!!
FIGHT BACK AMERICANS!!!
DO NOT ALLOW THE DEMOCRATS TO SHOVE ILLEGALS DOWN OUR THROATS!!!
SHAME ON OBAMA!!!
SHAME ON HIM!!!
SHAME ON THE DEMOCRATS!!!
PUTTING ILLEGALS BACK TO WORK!!!

Buzzm1 of CA 10:10AM January 29, 2009

I didn't know we had many immigrants from Mexico. Oh, I get it. We're using PC English for illegal aliens.
The lull before the storm. Bush wanted open borders with Mexico, and only backed off after 9/11.
http://www.watchingamerica.com/diewelt000007.shtml
"In this conflict, George W. Bush, for once, has adopted a liberal position. Back in the summer of 2001, he and Mexican President Vincente Fox had reached an agreement on a policy of open borders, including wide-ranging legalization and dual citizenship."
There was so much opposition to giving our country away to Mexicans from patriotic Americans that the Dems and Repubs adopted a new strategy of putting on a dog-and-pony show of sham enforcement preparatory to bringing in hundreds of millions of low wage, Dem voting immigrants through Comprehensive Immigration Corruption.

Luther of IL 10:18PM January 28, 2009

Nice... after the Berlin wall, after decades of racism and descrimination The Country With A Future seeing and vision The country with civilized population , the most important country in the world ! the country that goes after nuclear bombs and wars everyone that " crosses the line" wich line???? human rights line... that one that defends the poor and indefense in the universe...
Oh, sorry nowadays with human rights and so on in a piece of paper ... who is gonna build a wall ????? what about a fence...

usauy of FL 6:57PM January 28, 2009

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