(this report is being filed by our lovely Latin America correspondent, Mrs. Scarlet)
A poll (link in Spanish) published by the news paper El Universal shows that 50% of interviewed Mexicans are in favor of redoubling the police security in the border with 51% of the Mexicans wanting immigration with Central American citizens to the country to diminish, according to a survey published Monday by the newspaper El Universal. In the USA, 39% think the same in regards to total immigration.
The survey, made between the 8th and the 13th of September, before the malaise in Mexico increased by the decision of the Congress of the United States to approve the construction of an border wall, showed that only 5% of the Mexican population were in favor of a greater flow of immigrants of the countries of Central America. (in USA 17% were in favor of a greater immigration, this poll didn’t specify the country of origin of immigrants). In addition, 50% of the interviewed Mexicans were in favor of an increase in the police force that patrol the South border of the country, with Guatemala, where every year a good number of undocumented emigrants enter Mexico.
Nevertheless, 39% of Mexicans were against other anti-migratory measures, like returning illegal Central American immigrants to their country, however 32% were in favor of returning them. The third part of the consulted mexicans, 34% considers that the Central American immigrants take jobs from Mexicans. On the other hand, 46% think that they obtain jobs that the Mexicans do not want. 38% consider that it is more probable that the Central American immigrants get involved in criminal activities than the Mexicans. The survey was made on a sample of thousand people and has a level of confidence of 95%, with a margin of error of +/- 3,5%.
According to a poll by Bumeran, in a survery of 3,180 companies, 41% didn’t want to hire foreign workers. A respondent to the survey said he believed that the reasons for this are protectionism, unjustified nationalism, and not being sure of foreign workers talent.
According to the poll, 41% of companies believe that German, English, Spanish, and French are the best hires (in that order).
October 24th, 2006 at 8:18 am
Just one question.
Why is the Maple Leaf included in that flag? You might as well include the French flag.
October 24th, 2006 at 9:08 am
[…] A poll (link in Spanish) published by the news paper El Universal shows that 50% of interviewed Mexicans are in favor of redoubling the police security in the border with 51% of the Mexicans wanting immigration with Central American citizens to the country to diminish, according to a survey published Monday by the newspaper El Universal. In the USA, 39% think the same in regards to total immigration. via Silent Running […]
October 24th, 2006 at 9:09 am
The Fence that Separates…
According to this article at Silent Running, 50% of Mexicans are in favor of doubling police presence on the southern border to cut down on immigration into Mexico from Central America….
October 24th, 2006 at 10:22 am
[…] The proposed fence along the Mexican border, just signed into law, looks set to harm relations with the Mexican government. Often posed as a racist reaction to increased migration, the fence is also an expression of many’s fears of the government’s inability to stem population flows they see as harmful. On both sides, it turns out—a majority of Mexicans feel immigration from Central America into Mexico is a bad thing and should be stopped. By building a fence. […]
October 24th, 2006 at 10:29 am
I lived for almost two years in Guatemala (Mexico’s southern neighbor) and knew many people who had emigrated, legally and otherwise (usually otherwise) to the United States. Almost everyone there has a family member or friend in the U.S. Whenever they talked about crossing Mexico to get to the U.S. they talked about how the Mexicans would, if they caught them, beat and rob them before sending them back. And that was what they did to people who weren’t even trying to stay in Mexico. Given that millions of Mexicans do the same thing the Central Americans are doing, the hypocrisy is pretty thick.
October 24th, 2006 at 4:00 pm
You know, you can just lay the irony on here with a shovel.
October 24th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
John,
Canada is still a member of the Anglosphere, but just barely. We forgive them for their Frenchiness. The rest of Canada is mostly on our side.