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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Economic woes bring early holidays for Mexicans in US AFP - Saturday, November 1 NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AFP) - - Some Mexicans in the United States have begun their traditional return home for the holidays early this year, as work dries up across the border due to the US economic crisis. One month earlier than usual, hundreds of vehicles began queuing up at the registration center in Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo in eastern Texas on the US-Mexico border. Some families traveled in vans filled with furniture. "Things are getting tough in the United States," said Mexican Manuel Martinez as he registered his vehicle, traveling to Guanajuato in central Mexico with his wife and two children. "We're going to visit our family, although we're also going to see what the situation is like here. In the United States, it's getting worse, so we'll see if Mexico has changed and if we are convinced to stay," said Martinez, who settled in Arkansas several years ago. Losing work or fearing job losses in the United States, many like Martinez said they would use seasonal holidays to check out work opportunities in Mexico. Others crossing the border said they had not yet felt the effects of the crisis and would return to the United States for now. "I'm coming to visit my mother and then I'll go back," said Rosendo, traveling from Houston with two friends. "They say there's a crisis but it hasn't affected me yet." Two million of an estimated 12 million Mexicans -- including around half of whom are undocumented -- in the United States could return home due to the economic crisis, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has said. Last week, the governor of the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas said he would invest 20 million pesos (1.5 million dollars) to fund temporary accommodation in border towns for an expected 15,000 compatriots returning home. Mexican officials have played down the figures. Labor Minister Javier Alarcon estimated that between 200,000 and 380,000 would return, and that that would not disturb the balance of the country's labor market. But difficulties are beginning to show in a drop in money Mexicans send home to their families from the United States, which fell by 3.7 percent in the first nine months of the year, according to the central bank. A total of 17.52 billion dollars was sent home in that period. Stricter security on the US-Mexico border and increased deportations are also blamed for the reverse border flow. But, with Mexico's falling oil reserves and falling oil prices, a tumbling peso and a major dependence on the United States for exports, as well as remittances, many expect the journey home to be a bumpy ride. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World US deaths in Iraq plunge to wartime low in OctoberAP - 39 minutes ago EPA curbs factory farm pollutionAP - 2 hours 24 minutes ago We ain't foolin': Hard Rock Park is for saleAP - 2 hours 28 minutes ago UN Chief urges Congo talks in neutral venueAP - 2 hours 39 minutes ago Ibero-American leaders call for UN summit on economic crisisAFP - 2 hours 53 minutes ago Enlarge Photo A woman carries a bag with recently purchased items in a commercial street in Laredo, Texas. Some Mexicans in the United States have begun their traditional return home for the holidays early this year, as work dries up across the border due to the US economic crisis. Most Popular – World Viewed Japan joins wave of rate cuts as recession fears grow McCain, Obama step up battleground blitz Australian F1 race posts record financial loss BBC chief quits, star presenter suspended over offensive prank When men see red, they see hot: study View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology

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