Associated Press
ATOTONILCO, Mexico - They name their babies Johnny and Leslie, so certain that their kids' futures lie in the United States. Returning migrants sprinkle English into their speech as they talk knowingly about job markets in U.S. towns.
America may want to stop illegal immigration, but most Mexicans accept it as a fact of life they can't imagine changing.
Mexico's economy, society and political system are built around the assumption that migration and amnesties for undocumented migrants will continue and that the $20 billion they send home every year will keep coming, and almost certainly grow.
Posted by Richard at April 24, 2006