Anecdotal accounts of return migration
A week ago I wrote about anecdotal accounts of immigrants leaving the U.S., but then also possibly staying. A statement by Mexico's Undersecretary for North Affairs Affairs points in the latter direction, as he says that there is no major return of Mexican migrants.
It's all guesswork--it is good not to be too lulled into conventional wisdom (namely, that people are leaving because of the economy and enforcement) based on scattered news stories.
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I heard the same thing from another high ranking Mexican official in early December. The question is, where are all of those folks going, if not home?
They key here is that, like always, people *are* returning, but just not in the massive numbers suggested in the media.
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