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What happens to the Mexicans who are deported from the United States?

Homeless men deported from the US queue for food handouts in Tijuana, Mexic

Homeless men deported from the US queue for food handouts in Tijuana, Mexic Source: Getty

The experience of being sent back to Mexico can be a daunting one – though it can also have an up side, when the skills migrants have learned in the US are applied successfully back home.


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By Laura Trevelyan (BBC)

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The experience of being sent back to Mexico can be a daunting one – though it can also have an up side, when the skills migrants have learned in the US are applied successfully back home.


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