TITLE

Mexican crisis prompts exodus to the border

AUTHOR(S)

Ross, John

PUB. DATE

June 1995

SOURCE

National Catholic Reporter;6/16/95, Vol. 31 Issue 32, p20

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on the increased entry of illegal Mexican workers into the United States following the plunge of the peso in 1995 which caused an economic crisis in Mexico. US Border Patrol's heightened efforts to catch illegal entries made by Mexicans into the U.S.; Increase in the apprehension rate of would-be border jumpers following the devaluation of the peso; Planned walling of the border between Mexico and the United States.

ACCESSION #

9507104971

Tags: FOREIGN workers, Mexican;  MEXICO -- Economic conditions;  BORDER patrols

 

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