A Transformation in Mexican Migration to the United States

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Summary

The early years of the twenty-first century have seen a major decline in the volume of migration from Mexico to the United States. According to one study, during the 2005–2010 period, slightly more Mexicans left the United States (1.39 million) than entered it (1.37 million), a change in the pattern of the last several decades.¹ Another study finds that fewer Mexicans than non-Mexicans were apprehended at U.S. borders in 2014, a historic first.²