Associated Press Worries About Impact Of America’s Economic Downturn On…Mexico

With jobs getting scarce here in America, the Associated Press is worried that illegal immigrants living here may not be able to get enough income to send back to Mexico.

NEWARK — As the economic crisis worsens, the money that Mexicans living in the United States send home to their families continues to decline — reaching record lows over the summer.
But the Mexican government has long known that the day would come when the historic migration of its people north, including a huge number to New Jersey, would slow, and the remittance revenue stream — Mexico’s second largest source of foreign income behind oil exports — would eventually dry up.
The situation is so serious that in September Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited Mexican immigrants in New Brunswick as the last stop on his way home after speaking at the United Nations.
The Mexican government has been preparing for the scenario with initiatives aimed at solidifying ties to their communities abroad; especially with the U.S.-born children of Mexican immigrants whose allegiance to their homeland weakens with each new generation.
“The long-term impact that this migration will not be seen in its full potential during this generation, but in future generations,” said Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, the executive director of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad. “That impact will change the social fabric not just of Mexico, but of the United States. If you look at things from that long-horizon view, the remittance boom is only one chapter.”

I think this illustrates just how parasitic illegal immigrants really are. For their contributions, earned illegally in our economy usually with none of the taxes we citizens pay removed, to be Mexico’s second largest source of foreign income is astounding. A testament to just how much the illegals suck out of our economy.
This is a problem we need to fix. I don’t care about illegals coming into this country and becoming citizens and paying all of the taxes the rest of us pay. I say we throw our borders wide open to legal immigration. But the illegal immigrants here now have got to go, and our southern border needs to be sealed against further invasion.