More Mexicans are now leaving the United States than are entering, resulting in a net loss of 130,000 from 2009 to 2014, according to a new study by the
Pew Research Center.
The study uses data from both countries' governments.
Data from the Mexican government showed that 1 million of that country's nationals and their families (including children born in the United States) left America for Mexico during the five-year period cited. U.S. Census data showed the number of Mexican national coming into the United States at 870,000.
The flow of immigrants between the United States and Mexico was at its lowest since the 1990s, the data showed. That was attributable mostly to the lack of Mexicans entering the United States.
Several reasons were cited for the drop:
- Slow recovery from the Great Recession, making jobs more difficult to find.
- Stricter enforcement of immigration laws.
- A desire to rejoin family members in Mexico.
- Life now isn't any better for them in the United States than it is in Mexico.
Still, the number of Mexicans willing to migrate to the United States is unchanged from 2009, the report shows. A total of 35 percent said they would be willing to do so if they were able, including 20 percent who said they would enter the country illegally.
Mexican nationals still represent the largest number of immigrants into the United States.
The survey was based on face-to-face interviews conducted among a representative sample of 1,000 randomly selected adults between April 7 to 19, 2015.
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