Friday, July 29, 2011

Improving Mexican economy draws undocumented immigrants home from California

By Stephen Magagnini
smagagnini@sacbee.com
Published: Thursday, Jul. 28, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 1B
Last Modified: Thursday, Jul. 28, 2011 - 11:16 am

There are fewer undocumented immigrants in California – and the Sacramento region – because many are now finding the American dream south of the border.

"It's now easier to buy homes on credit, find a job and access higher education in Mexico," Sacramento's Mexican consul general, Carlos González Gutiérrez, said Wednesday. "We have become a middle-class country."

Mexico's unemployment rate is now 4.9 percent, compared with 9.4 percent joblessness in the United States.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/28/3799513/improving-mexican-economy-draws.html

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