The immigration dynamics were different in 2007, the last time members of Congress tried (and failed) to reform the U.S. immigration system. That year, the number of Mexicans living without authorization in America stood at nearly 7 million. In the half-dozen years following 2000, an average of a half-million Mexicans moved to the U.S. each year.
But Pew Research reported last year that net migration from Mexico to the U.S. reached a “standstill” in 2010. It may even have been negative, researchers concluded, as the stalling American economy induced workers back across the border.
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