A two-year long recession has reduced the influx of undocumented immigrant workers to the United States, and is prompting some to go home to Latin America... Forsaking remittances sent to their families in favor of actually being with them, however poor.Sister Margaret Smyth has been working on behalf of immigrants on New York's Long Island for the last 12 years. Over the past several months, her waiting list to leave has grown. With impending winter and a terrible job market, there is no money for refugiados económicos to pay for a hoped-for better life in the U.S., let alone a plane ticket.
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| Audio: NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, Host: Ari Shapiro, Reporter: Sara Reynolds. | |
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