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Jobs could solve some Mexico woes

Jobs could solve some Mexico woes Of all the ways to curb unauthorized human traffic across the USAs southern border, theres one remedy that few people are even discussing: creating more jobs in Mexico. The Mexican economy in 2006 is expected to post its third-consecutive year of better than 3% growth, but the jobs picture isnt as bright. Each year, about 1 million Mexicans enter the labor pool. But the economy creates only a sliver of the new jobs needed for them. It doesnt require a degree in economics to understand that if there were more well-paid jobs in Mexico, fewer Mexicans would

They had right to stay but were sent to Mexico

They had right to stay but were sent to Mexico Carlos Guerra was only 3 years old when Los Angeles County authorities came to his family's house in Azusa and ordered his mother, a legal U.S. resident, and her six American-born children to leave the country. It was 1931. The administration of President Hoover backed a policy that would repatriate hundreds of thousands of Mexican-Americans, more than half of them U.S. citizens. Amid the economic desperation of the Depression, Latino families were viewed as taking jobs and government benefits from "real Americans." In Los Angeles County, a Citizens Committee for Coordination for Unemployment Relief

Mexico Lacks Clear Migratory Policy

Mexico Lacks Clear Migratory Policy The lack of a clear Mexican migratory policy puts it at a real disadvantage in defending the rights of its migrants that cross the US border against the northern nation´s repressive practices, La Jornada editorialized Thursday. Referring to the US House-approved law that includes building a long wall and reinforcing border police, the daily pointed out that this will mean an increase in the already high number of people who die each year attempting to cross the frontier. The Mexican government´s moral dilemma is how to demand fundamental rights of migrants when it applies similar repressive measures on

Mexico bank chief backsoil windfalls fund initiative

Mexico bank chief backsoil windfalls fund initiative Mexico's central bank governor has thrown his weight behind an initiative to use windfall oil revenues to buttress economic stability. Guillermo Ortiz told the Financial Times this week that plans promoted by President Vicente Fox to set up a stabilisation fund along the lines of an existing - and highly successful - Chilean model would significantly reduce uncertainty ahead of Mexico's presidential election next July. "It would be an important piece of legislation to have in place particularly with an election and would go a long way to reducing the uncertainty and risks associated with a

Most migrants had jobs in Mexico, survey finds

Most migrants had jobs in Mexico, survey finds A new survey of migrant Mexicans shatters the myth they are largely unemployed farmworkers who struggle to pick up jobs on street corners. Only 5 percent of the most recent migrants were unemployed before they crossed the border, and only an equal percentage remained unemployed within six months of crossing, the survey found. Newer migrants were just as likely to have worked in construction zones and hotels than in the fields, the survey found. The findings released today by the Pew Hispanic Center based on questionnaires in Spanish filled out by 4,836 persons

Spain to build Latin America’s largest tourism resort in Mexico

Spain to build Latin America's largest tourism resort in Mexico The Spanish tourism firm, Mall, will invest 450 million U.S. dollars in Mexico to build the largest resort in all of Latin America, the firm's President Julio Fernando Noval said in a statement on Friday. Land has been reserved for the resort's construction along the coastline of the Mexican state of Campeche, and it is expected to begin operating at the start of 2008, Noval said. This center will give Campeche an "important economic boost" and generate around 5,000 jobs in the construction phase and 2,500 jobs when it opens, Noval

Mass eviction to Mexico in 1930s spurs apology

Mass eviction to Mexico in 1930s spurs apology Carlos Guerra was only 3 years old when Los Angeles County authorities came to his family's house in Azusa and ordered his mother, a legal United States resident, and her six American-born children to leave the country. It was 1931. The administration of President Herbert Hoover backed a policy that would repatriate hundreds of thousands of Mexican Americans, more than half of them United States citizens. Amid the economic desperation of the Depression, Latino families were viewed as taking jobs and government benefits from "real Americans." In Los Angeles County, a Citizens Committee for Coordination

Illegal migrants had jobs back in Mexico, survey finds

Illegal migrants had jobs back in Mexico, survey finds Most illegal immigrants from Mexico had jobs there before they entered the United States, according to a report released Tuesday. That conclusion undercuts a long-held explanation for illegal immigration: that people can't find work at home. Instead, illegal Mexican immigrants are driven here by a complex assortment of factors, including higher wages, better working conditions and a chance to reunite with growing networks of families who settled in the United States before them, according to researchers with the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington. "Lack of work does not appear to be the main

Mexico says drug trafficking DVD won’t cost federal investigators their jobs

Mexico says drug trafficking DVD won't cost federal investigators their jobs Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutor will not lose his job despite doubts about whether federal agents were involved in the videotaped beating and torture of four drug hit men, a government spokesman said Monday. Ruben Aguilar, chief spokesman for President Vicente Fox, said that no federal investigator was in danger of being fired in the wake of the recording, which has sent shock waves through Mexico's anti-narcotics efforts. "It doesn't put anyone at risk" of losing their jobs, Aguilar said during his daily briefing with reporters. But he refused to comment

Mexicos president-elect promises to fight for equality, jobs, justice

Mexicos president-elect promises to fight for equality, jobs, justice MEXICO CITY President-elect Felipe Calderon promised Thursday he would work tirelessly to construct a nation of equal opportunities and thanked outgoing President Vicente Fox for laying the groundwork for that goal. Calderons declarations followed his second public appearance with Fox at the presidential residence, Los Pinos, since the nations top electoral court confirmed him as the countrys new leader earlier this month. He takes office on Dec. 1. The former energy secretary was not Foxs first choice for the job but received his blessing after he won their conservative partys primary. More :