By Manuel Sandoval lStaff Writerl More Mexican immigrants, documented and undocumented, are returning to Mexico instead of staying in the United States. An estimated 870,000 Mexicans came to the United States between 2009-2014, but one million returned home. In 2014, there were 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S., according to Pew Research. “The net decline in Mexicans was driven by the great recession in the U.S. that made it harder to find jobs, and the economy is improving in Mexico,” said Mark Lopez, director of Hispanic research center. Fourteen percent of the one million Mexicans who returned to their home country since 2009 said they did so … [Read more...] about More Mexican immigrants leaving US than arriving
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