Immigrants leaving Nevada as economy sours

Local Hispanic immigrants, both legal and illegal, are heading back to their home countries as the U.S. economic climate worsens, community members, advocates and school officials said.
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Those who remain are sending less money to their families abroad as construction and service industry jobs dry up.

“What traditionally happens is that people come here to work when the economy is thriving,” said Leslie A. Mix, former general manager for Univision. “People will work two, three jobs at any given time to save whatever they can and then send that money home to any family they’ve left behind.

“In the current economic times, we’re currently losing a portion of the (Hispanic) population. People have to move on to find jobs or they’ll move back to their families.”

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