Refugees From Mexico Drug War Flee to US
March 29, 2009 by Editor · Leave a Comment
Unlike the traditional job-seeking migrants, whose numbers have dropped in part due to the slumping US economy and increased border enforcement, this new migrant class comprises business owners, executives and other professionals who choose safety in the United States–even if it means detention–over freedom in their own country.
The drug war, which has claimed nearly 10,000 lives in a little more than two years– more than 1,600 in Juárez in the last year alone [Read More…]
by andrew Becker | from thenation.com | posted:March 20.2009
