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A new Pew report finds more Mexicans are leaving than coming to the U.S.
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Nov 20, 2015
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A new Pew report finds more Mexicans are leaving than coming to the U.S.
A new report from the Pew Research Center found that between 2009 and 2014 the U.S. had a net loss of 140,000 Mexican citizens.
In this Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 photo, workers at one of maquiladoras of the TECMA group prepare to raise the U.S. flag along with the Mexican and TECMA flags in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. TECMA currently has 14 maquiladora plants in Ciudad Juarez. With the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement twenty years ago, many North American and international companies have moved their manufacturing to Mexico at a lower cost and while a majority of Mexicans have seen little benefit in income. While there is undoubtedly a larger middle class today, Mexico is the only major Latin American country where poverty also has grown in recent years.
In this Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 photo, workers at one of maquiladoras of the TECMA group prepare to raise the U.S. flag along with the Mexican and TECMA flags in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. TECMA currently has 14 maquiladora plants in Ciudad Juarez. With the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement twenty years ago, many North American and international companies have moved their manufacturing to Mexico at a lower cost and while a majority of Mexicans have seen little benefit in income. While there is undoubtedly a larger middle class today, Mexico is the only major Latin American country where poverty also has grown in recent years.
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A new report from the Pew Research Center found that between 2009 and 2014 the U.S. had a net loss of 140,000 Mexican citizens.

A Pew Research Center report released this week found that more Mexican citizens are leaving than coming to the United States. The top reason Pew cites for Mexican immigrants leaving is so they can reunite with their family.

Ana Gonzalez-Barrera is a research associate at the Pew Research Center. She talked with host Alex Cohen about Pew's findings.