Financial Crisis Causes Fewer Illegal Immigrants To Come To United States

Christian Science Monitor:

The economic downturn -- along with more aggressive enforcement -- is reducing the flow of illegal immigrants to the United States.

Not only are fewer people -- mostly Hispanics -- slipping into the United States, they're getting fewer jobs. New data shows that Latino participation in the labor force -- normally among the highest -- has dropped along with a decline in new arrivals.

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Comments

[Usman]

When did they start saying them "immigrants"? As far as I remember they use to say "Aliens".

[senorlou]

Way to go Republicans. You got your wish. You've held back illegal immigration by making the US so weak economically that even the dirt poor and half-starved from Latin America don't want to come over anymore. Personally, I'm learning Spanish.