Day Labor Series: Part Two

FSRN reporter Max Pringle examined yesterday the impact of the flagging economy on day laborers – finding that many job opportunities are drying up. The hardest hit among day laborers are the most vulnerable immigrants: working-class families with little or no savings, those with chronically ill children and single mothers, as well as recent immigrants. After months in debt or looking for work, those with ties to Mexico are looking back south to alleviate their financial struggles and to tap into social networks to help them trough the rough financial times. Today in our continuing series, Victoria Martinez looks at the recent phenomenon of reverse migration.

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