| Alfredo Treto, father of UI freshman Maribel Treto, sends money every three or four months to his parents in Zacatecas, Mexico, to help cover their costs of living. "My parents are getting old," he said. "We're family, and they don't have a check every week. [In Mexico] the social-security programs are not the same as here ... if you don't have money, you stay sick." He is just one of the now-shrinking number of American immigrants who sends money back to family in their home countries, according to a study by the Inter-American Development Bank. Iowa's remittance, though, is still rising and so is its immigrant population, according to the study. |
From Anonyma - 12 May 2008 @ 03:52 pm
