Random Immigration Stats

In the past year, despite the unfavorable economic conditions in both nations, more than 1.3 million Mexicans have solicited tourist or immigrant visas to the US.

Most of the above are tourist visas, but the following shows why so many Mexicans are eager to cross over, legally or otherwise: according to a campesino group here in Mexico, the average rural day worker would earn 8 times as much by taking his skills to the US.