Immigration: New World Order
For the first time since The Great Depression, more Mexicans are leaving the United States than entering, according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center.
The study noted that Mexico's declining birth rate and other factors may mean the trend will become a long-term one.
The impact of the shift on border vigilantes remains uncertain. Will they still be interested in driving around in the desert in cammies, shootin' at stuff? Or will they hang up their night vision goggles and retire to their Barcaloungers, to watch meaningless regular season basketball games along with the rest of us?
Roberto De Vido is a communications consultant, writer, cartoonist and jack of many trades. The former chief of Tucson Sentinel’s East Asia Bureau, he now lives in California (make of that what you will).
“The evidence is very strong that there is a slowdown of people coming from Mexico and a big increase in people leaving.”
— Steven A. Camarota, director of research at the Washington, D.C-based Center for Immigration Studies
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