Compared with last year's numbers, this year's data shows more than a few Mexicans have soured on President Peña Nieto in the past year, particularly on his handling of the Mexican economy. Mexican attitudes toward the U.S. also show some change.
A plurality of Mexicans (44%) believe life is better north of the border for those who migrated from Mexico. And roughly a third (34%) still say they would move to the U.S. if they had the opportunity, including 17% of Mexicans who would do so without authorization. Nonetheless, the declining net rate of migration from Mexico to the U.S. is reflected in the percentage of Mexicans who report having a friend or family member living in the U.S. – 32% today, down from 42% in 2007.Only a third would move to the U.S. if they could? I'd have guessed that over half would want to come here, at least the whole 44% who think life in the States is better for transplanted Mexicans than life at home in Mexico.
Of course the numbers were collected before California's doofus Governor Moonbeam said all Mexicans were welcome to come to CA to live. Brown must be trying to go down in history as the last Anglo governor of CA.
