Legal and illegal immigrants in the United States send a record $148 billion home in 2017, with Latin America and China topping the list, according to new World Bank data.
Mexico received the most, at $30 billion, followed by China at $16 billion and India at $11 billion.
The three Northern Triangle nations targeted by President Trump's funding threat over illegal immigration, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, received over $16 billion, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center.
The $148 billion shipped home in 2017 is up from the $138 billion in "Remittances" in 2016.
It is up significantly from the $123 billion sent out in 2012.
Globally, immigrants sent $625 billion home in 2017, a 7% one-year jump.
Immigration expert Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies recently told Secrets that one concern is that nations from which illegal immigrants come into the United States from feel no need to reform since so much money is coming home from those illegals.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/immigrants-send-record-148-billion-home-latin-america-china-tops
Mexico received the most, at $30 billion, followed by China at $16 billion and India at $11 billion.
The three Northern Triangle nations targeted by President Trump's funding threat over illegal immigration, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, received over $16 billion, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center.
The $148 billion shipped home in 2017 is up from the $138 billion in "Remittances" in 2016.
It is up significantly from the $123 billion sent out in 2012.
Globally, immigrants sent $625 billion home in 2017, a 7% one-year jump.
Immigration expert Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies recently told Secrets that one concern is that nations from which illegal immigrants come into the United States from feel no need to reform since so much money is coming home from those illegals.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/immigrants-send-record-148-billion-home-latin-america-china-tops
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