El Financiero (Mexico City) Most Mexicans believe immigration reform would increase migration to the U.S.
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Friday, 10/16/09
El Financiero (Mexico City) 10/15/09
Most Mexicans believe immigration reform would increase migration to the U.S.
[Full transl] . The majority of Mexicans believe that an eventual legalization of millions of undocumented fellow countrymen in the United States will encourage a greater illegal migration toward the United States. This is the result of a new poll carried out in Mexico by the Zogby Poll firm and commissioned by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), which has been known for maintaining a firm opposition to any migratory reform. According to the CIS, the poll offers a vision about Mexicans on the issue of migration which, in turn, “can also furnish a glance about the possible impact of amnesty.”
The reference deals with the possibility that millions of undocumented [read: illegal aliens] might regularize their status under the benefit of a migratory reform, something that, according to those opposed, would be the equivalent of an amnesty. According to the poll, 56 percent of Mexicans believe that a reform would encourage a greater migration from Mexico, a number which grew to 65 percent among those with relatives in the United States.
Another notorious aspect refers to the feeling of loyalty that Mexicans and Mexican-Americans must have. Some 69 percent of those polled believes that loyalty must be, from the start, toward Mexico, while 20 percent stated for retaining it (sic) toward the United States. Likewise, 69 percent felt that the Mexican government ought to represent not only the interests of the Mexicans in the United States but also that of the Mexican-Americans. The poll showed that although the interest in migrating to the United States is strong despite the current economic crisis, some 39 percent feel that this outflow decreased this year in comparison with 2008. Some 40 percent also said that they know someone who had decided to leave the United States to return to Mexico this year, forced to do so by the economic situation.
The poll was conducted between August and September of this year among a group of 1,400 adult Mexicans, and has a 3.1 percentage point margin of error.