During the five-year period from 2005 to 2010, a total of 1.4 million Mexicans immigrated to the United States, down by more than half from the 3 million who had done so in the five-year period of 1995 to 2000.
Two-thirds of publics across 16 countries surveyed say they like American music, movies and television, an increase of six percentage points since 2007.
Though many in Mexico believe that Mexicans who move to the United States. have a better life there, a majority say they would not move to the U.S., even if they had the opportunity to do so.
As the July 1 presidential election approaches, the number of Mexicans who say their national government is a good influence on the country has climbed 11 points since last year.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Mexico today for his first visit to a Spanish-speaking country in Latin America. Approximately 8.8% of the world’s Catholics live in Mexico, the second largest Catholic population in the world.
An estimated 214 million people worldwide reside in a country other than the one where they were born. The U.S. is home to more migrants than any other country — 42.8 million.