Is this a good sign Turned away by struggling U.S., Mexican immigrants building businesses at home?
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LEON, MEXICO— For generations, people of this central Mexican state have trekked to the U.S. and labored on farms and ranches, in factories and construction.
But now this traditional exodus is reversing itself in ways that could profoundly impact both Mexico and America: Immigrants returning to their native lands are starting industries and businesses so they can stay home.
By many measures and anecdotal evidence, waves of illegal immigrants are leaving the U.S. and returning to countries such as Mexico because of the tough economy and immigration enforcement. To respond to this trend, the Mexican government in recent years has increased funding for projects run by immigrants who have returned.
In Guanajuato, a variety of industries have started: a women’s cooperative producing restaurant tablecloths, a tequila distillery and a factory to assemble tote bags for California wineries.
Susana Guerra, director of migrant affairs for Guanajuato state, said immigrants who return home usually have some money set aside and want to use it to start a business. “So we are working … to have projects for them to have an opportunity for them to be a businessman in the community,” she said.
One of the ventures in Guanajuato is the Nuevo Lindero Dairy Society,a dairy cooperative founded by former immigrants on the outskirts of Leon that provides employment for 45 families. Many of the farmers are immigrants who have returned from the U.S. or are relatives of immigrants still working there.
“Here, almost 50 percent of the population goes to the United States. When they reach 18, they say, ‘See you later,’” explained Jesus Ramirez, a former illegal immigrant who is president of the Nuevo Lindero Dairy Society. “With this source of jobs, we hope our children will stay.”
The cooperative produces an average of 4,000 liters of milk daily from a herd of 250 cows. By offering the raw product collectively to wholesalers, they were able to command a higher price. To do that, the cooperative installeda distribution center next to the highway with a 9,000-liter stainless storage tank.
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I don’t care if they want to stay in their country or not. It is the responsibility of the American people and the American government that is suppose to represent those people to secure our own countries borders.
Deportation now is what we need for ALL illegal alien border criminals.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
wow, that is really good, I am happy that they are turning a bad situation into positive. I hope the venture grows and produces more jobs.
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February 8th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
i hope this continues, its good for everyone.
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February 8th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
I don’t care if they want to stay in their country or not. It is the responsibility of the American people and the American government that is suppose to represent those people to secure our own countries borders.
Deportation now is what we need for ALL illegal alien border criminals.
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February 8th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
good for them. i’m happy they are taking what they learned here back to their country and doing good. lets all pray they do great so they don’t come back illegally.
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February 8th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
One of the reason Mexico’s economy is stunted, is because of illegal immigration. Mexico did not have to deal with employing their own people because they can dump it on the US. Illegal immigration created an unnatural economy, and created a boom or bust situation for Mexico. If the US economy is doing well, Illegal immigration would flood to the US, but when it sours, like now, it’s the illegal immigrants that get layed off before the Americans, causing an unusually traumatic thing for Mexico. When we force Mexico to deal with heir own problems natural process will equilibrate there. The only problem is deep seeded corruption.
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February 8th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
1. They have the land.
2. They have the labor.
3. They have the brains.
4. It IS what should have been done many years ago.
We wind up with the Mexican People solving their own problems. One item they WILL be addressing will be the over population problem and an abusive Catholic Church that will not provide family planning information!!!
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February 8th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
GOOD NEWS FOR MEXICO? ………….YES! and I’m so glad you see it this way to. We get so blinded by the one-sided media that we think we are the only ones with problems. I’m glad you are finally thinking positive about Mexico and their people! they really aren’t these monsters you tried to portray them as.
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February 8th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
This is what most have been saying. Stay home and correct the problems in your own country. You don’t need to run over here and over burden ours. Good news! Very, good news!
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