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To: AuntB
I agree with the premise and most of the substance of his arguments, but ststements liek the following diminish his argument and allows his critics to dismiss him as an alarmist:

Furthermore, these people send every last penny they earned, back home to their native countries

5 posted on 01/24/2009 9:25:05 AM PST by jimmyray
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To: jimmyray
A while back I heard the estimate that of the top three sources of income for Mexico (Tourism, oil, remittances), the second highest was remittances from Mexicans living in the United States. If they're not sending "every last penny" back, it's still a heck of a lot.
25 posted on 01/24/2009 11:55:16 AM PST by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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