As written by Julio Reyna Quiroz on May 8″ 2012

Mexican migration to the U.S. have begun to threaten community forest management and break down local assemblies” explained David Kaimowitz” director of sustainable development at the Ford Foundation” in a press conference.

Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)” in addition to other universities” agree that immigration to the United States undermines the social fabric of communities and leads drug trafficking” among other illicit activities.

In an UNAM study on the impact migration has on 56 indigenous communities of Oaxaca and Guerrero” Leticia Moreno and Kaimowitz explain that a public policy that favors security consists of keeping communities active and organized and channeling remittances for the improvement of natural resources. 

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