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Money transfers mounting. U.S. encourages cash flow across border as tool to deter illegal immigration

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But there is little evidence the inflow of money is reducing the outflow of people.

“To curb illegal immigration, the federal government has posted soldiers on the Mexican border, arrested workers at job sites, and talked about making it a felony to enter the U.S. without permission.

But it puts greater hope in a relatively unknown and unlikely strategy: increasing the amount of money immigrants send back to Mexico.”

Posted on: August 28th, 2006
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Top Stories
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