Politics across borders: Mexico's policies toward Mexicans in the United States.

From: Journal of the Southwest | Date: December 22, 2003| Author: Garcia-Acevedo, Maria Rosa | Copyright information

President Vicente Fox's 2000 characterization of the Mexican community in the United States as "heroes" delighted most of his paisanos on both sides of the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande. The Mexican diaspora in the United States had finally come of age. The heroes of the Mexican diaspora had braved the hardships of migration to define a new life for themselves in the United States. Many had achieved marked success and had supported their Mexican families (and the Mexican economy!) by remitt...

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