Displaced Mexican corn farmers are streaming into Missouri

“There are many reasons for the recent record migration from Mexico to the United States. But many Mexicans say a prime motivation is the difficulty in making a living on small farms in rural Mexico.

A favorite destination is Missouri, where migrants - legal and illegal - find farm work in fields and slaughterhouses. Many stay. From 2000 to 2004 alone, Missouri’s Hispanic population - mainly Mexican _grew by nearly 25 percent, after a 92 percent increase from 1990-2000, according to U.S. Census data.”

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