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Mexicans Are Leaving The U.S. And Taking Their Money With Them

Mexicans Are Leaving The U.S. And Taking Their Money With Them
Roque Planas
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National Reporter, HuffPost

SAN DIEGO, CA - NOVEMBER 14: Seen at sunset, the U.S.-Mexico border fence separates Tijuana, Mexico (L), from San Diego as a bank of fog rolls in from the Pacific Ocean on November 14, 2013 in San Diego, California. Air interdiction agents from the Office of Air and Marine coordinate with Border Patrol agents on the ground to catch undocumented immigrants as well as drug smugglers crossing from Mexico into the southern California. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CA - NOVEMBER 14: Seen at sunset, the U.S.-Mexico border fence separates Tijuana, Mexico (L), from San Diego as a bank of fog rolls in from the Pacific Ocean on November 14, 2013 in San Diego, California. Air interdiction agents from the Office of Air and Marine coordinate with Border Patrol agents on the ground to catch undocumented immigrants as well as drug smugglers crossing from Mexico into the southern California. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Remittances to Mexico have fallen by 29% since 2006, according to a report released by Pew Research and based on World Bank data. This bucks the trend for the rest of Latin America, where remittances have recovered after dropping during the recession.

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