Mexican Nationals Returning to Mexico

CNN reports that the number of Mexican migrants returning to their country — mainly from the United States — has increased dramatically in the last five years.  Mexican census bureau data shows that the increase was 31.9% in the period from 2005 to 2010, compared with 2000 to 2005 numbers.  This data is consistent with the idea that migration and settlement of Mexican nationals in the United States is largely a labor migration.  The economic downturn has led to a decrease in the undocumented population in the United States. a decline that appears to have levelled off with the increased stability of the U.S. economy, over the past few years and a return of Mexican nationals to Mexico.

KJ