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>'The real issue is after exporting them they probably don't send all that much money back home.'

It's my understanding that this is not the case. That remittance from the US is a pretty significant part of many developing economies [1][2].

I've yet to a met an immigrant professional in the US who didn't send huge amounts back home along with itent or at least hope of retiring there.

1: http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94444 2: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-17/global-immigrants-s...



I think many immigrants will have children in the US and then they can't return with them (who will be alien to their home culture).

But I guess they may return separately.




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