Mexican workers in US are sending record money home despite coronavirus-related economic shutdowns
- Written by Araby Smyth, Ph.D. Candidate and Instructor in Geography, University of Kentucky
Mexicans living in the U.S. sent $4.02 billion home in March 2020, a 35.8% increase over March 2019.Jane Russell/WallpaperFlare, CC BY-SAOne might think Mexican immigrants in the U.S. would be sending less money home to their families as a result of the coronavirus.
The 11.2 million people of Mexican origin living in the United States together...