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Survey: Immigrants feeling economic pinch, too From: norwichbulletin.com

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“While immigrants often come to the United States from Latin America for better lives, fewer of them now are sending money home, according to an April study from the Inter-American Development Bank. About 50 percent of Latin American immigrants surveyed said they send money home, a decrease from 73 percent two years ago.

Meanwhile, the amount of money sent home has barely risen nationwide, from $45.4 million in 2006 to $45.9 million this year. But the opposite is true locally — while the same amount of transfers are being made, people are sending less money to their families, according to local store owners and leaders in the Hispanic community”*

Posted on: June 3rd, 2008
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