Roughly 10% of Mexico's population of about 107 million is now living in the United States, estimates show. About 15% of Mexico's labor force is working in the United States. One in every seven Mexican workers migrates to the United States.
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Friday, June 23, 2006

Mexican voters

Yesterday's WSJ (June 22, A1) reported that there's not much incentive to be a "good politician" in Mexico. "Of the 10 million Mexican immigrants in the United States--legally and illegally--fewer than 50,000 have bothered to register to vote [in Mexico]. . . Migration not only removes voters, it also makes a certain kind of patronage less important. Fewer voters are lining up for low-paying government jobs or subsidized government loans because they know they can count on money sent home by relatives living in the U.S."

Why do our elected officials think this is a good system?

# posted by Norma : 6/23/2006 12:35:00 PM




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