Oh, darn, now they'll have to stay home

The San Jose Mercury News has an article about declining illegal immigration, due to the stagnating economy and the new border fences: "Two key signals, an unprecedented slowdown in money sent by immigrants back to Mexico and a report that claims the nation's illegal immigrant population has dropped significantly since last summer, indicate a possible change... In a study released Wednesday in Washington, D.C., the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that favors tighter curbs on immigration, said a weaker economy and aggressive immigration enforcement have prompted many immigrants to return home to Mexico and other countries... The last official government estimate of the undocumented population was for January 2006, when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said 11.5 million illegal immigrants were in the United States - a 37 percent increase since 2000. With 2.8 million undocumented residents, California had the largest such population of any state, but California's illegal immigrant population grew by 13 percent from 2000 to 2006. The Center for Immigration Studies report said the number of illegal immigrants in the United States peaked at 12.5 million people in August 2007, and had declined by 11 percent, or about 1.3 million people, since then..."

Rico says adios and farewell...