{"id":28577,"date":"2025-03-01T12:59:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=28577"},"modified":"2025-03-01T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:59:37","slug":"poblacion-migrante-de-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/poblacion-migrante-de-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans make up the largest migrant population in Mexico, a growing one since the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_28582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28582\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28582 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Poblacion-migrante-Mexico.jpg\" alt=\"Estadounidenses constituyen la mayor poblaci\u00f3n migrante de M\u00e9xico\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Poblacion-migrante-Mexico.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Poblacion-migrante-Mexico-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Poblacion-migrante-Mexico-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Poblacion-migrante-Mexico-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Poblacion-migrante-Mexico-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Poblacion-migrante-Mexico-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Poblacion-migrante-Mexico-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Poblacion-migrante-Mexico-1068x712.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A recent article published in El Pa\u00eds showed that nearly 70 percent of Mexico's migrant population are U.S. citizens. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/es-es\/foto\/rascacielos-pavimento-urbano-mexico-16138160\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nairod Reyes via Pexels<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since Donald Trump's re-election, America has continued to block migrants at the Mexico border from coming into the country, increasing their strict border and immigration policies. So \u00bfwhy are so many Americans crossing the border to move out of the US?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/mexico\/2025-02-24\/estadounidenses-los-migrantes-con-mayor-presencia-en-mexico-una-radiografia-en-ocho-graficos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article published in El Pa\u00eds<\/a> showed that nearly 70% of Mexico\u2019s 1.2 million migrants are U.S. citizens, a population that has been steadily rising since the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike America\u2019s challenging migration system, They predominantly populate areas such as Roma and Condesa in Mexico City. Between 700,000 and one million U.S. citizens live in Mexico, according to the state department.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike America\u2019s challenging migration system, Mexico has a much more migrant friendly system, which could be one reason for the growth. U.S. citizens do not require a tourist visa to enter Mexico and are entitled to a stay of up to 6 months per visit. Temporary visas also allow individuals to live in Mexico between 6 months to just under 4 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US dollar also goes much further in Mexico, and while the US is ramping up deportations for undocumented migrants, Mexico\u2019s deportation numbers have dropped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Political changes may also have been a factor. After Donald Trump's re-election, Google results showed a spike in \u201cmoving to Mexico\u201d searches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of this has had its consequences, however. Many Mexican nationals have noted a spike in gentrification, specifically in Mexico City, by self-proclaimed expats who they say are driving up the costs of both rent and basic goods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They also see a rise in the Americanization of Mexico, with the opening of more Westernized businesses and an increased English-speaking population. Other Latin American countries like Puerto Rico and Costa Rica have also seen a surge in gentrification over the years. Cities like San Juan and Ricon, Puerto Rico, resemble the challenges in Mexico City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The American Citizens Abroad (ACA) organization estimates that approximately 6 million U.S. citizens reside overseas, Mexico being the top location. That is expected to continue increasing in the next 4 years, especially if the US doesn\u2019t address its economic and political issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, Donald Trump, despite his vocal anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies, announced the creation of a new investment visa to incentivise the wealthiest foreigners' permanent residency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His \u201cGold Card\u201d, a play on the Green Card, offers migrants a path to US citizenship and tax breaks if they pay $5 million. It's the most expensive US residency plan in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green card holders and permanent residents must pay income tax on their U.S. earnings, including income they earn overseas and in their home country. The \u201cGold Card\u201d would provide a loophole for the wealthy and remove the tax on worldwide income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the same applies to migrants from the US moving to Mexico, the country continues to see a rise in US citizens making the country their new home. With the political climate continuing to become more polarized in the US, there is no slowing down in sight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/accion-migrante\/\">UNAM y gobierno de M\u00e9xico lanzan \u201cAcci\u00f3n Migrante\u201d aplicaci\u00f3n para apoyar a inmigrantes en Estados Unidos<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desde la reelecci\u00f3n de Donald Trump, Estados Unidos ha continuado bloqueando a los inmigrantes en la frontera con M\u00e9xico para evitar que entren al pa\u00eds, aumentando sus estrictas pol\u00edticas fronterizas y migratorias. Entonces, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 tantos estadounidenses est\u00e1n cruzando la frontera para mudarse fuera de Estados Unidos? Un reciente art\u00edculo publicado en El Pa\u00eds mostr\u00f3 [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":28582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cover","8":"category-usworld"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28577"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28583,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28577\/revisions\/28583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}