Unsure of the future, Mexican immigrants scramble to send money back home

PRI reports:

Remittances, or cash that gets wired, is a big deal for a lot of countries around the world — including Mexico. Just in November alone, nearly $2.4 billion in cash was sent there, mostly by Mexicans and Mexican Americans working in the US. That's the most money Mexicans have sent back in a single month in the last 10 years. And it's more income than Mexico makes off oil.

I headed over to Jackson Heights, in Queens, New York, to find out why there's been this spike in remittances. This is one of the most diverse immigrant neighborhoods in the US. One block is Ecuadorean, another Mexican, the next Colombian. Today, it’s raining. And underneath this train bridge, at a day laborer center, about a dozen immigrants gather, hoping for work — painting, cleaning, doing repairs. Anything. The mood is grim.

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