{"id":24065,"date":"2021-01-21T12:59:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24065"},"modified":"2021-01-21T12:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:59:05","slug":"mexico-eyes-dual-citizenship-with-amnesty-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/01\/21\/mexico-eyes-dual-citizenship-with-amnesty-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Eyes Dual Citizenship With Amnesty Package"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
With its sputtering economy relying on remittances from U.S.-based workers, Mexico is promoting dual citizenship as part of President Joe Biden\u2019s amnesty<\/a> program for millions of Mexicans living illegally in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have been proposing that our countrymen who have been working for years should be regularized, contributing to the development of that great nation,\u201d\u00a0Mexican President Andres Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador<\/a> said hours before Biden was sworn into office on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amnesty and dual citizenship \u2013 also known as dual nationality \u2013 is an especially big deal for America\u2019s southern neighbor. More than 5 million Mexican nationals<\/a> live and work illegally in the U.S., constituting the largest share of this country\u2019s illegal population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLegalization of Mexican nationals in the United States here illegally will secure their presence, and increase their wages and therefore their ability to send money back to [their]country,\u201d says Andrew Arthur of the Center for Immigration Studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remittances<\/a> from the U.S. to Mexico topped $37 billion in 2020, exceeding income from tourism and oil exports<\/a>, and constituting 3.8 percent of Mexico’s total gross domestic product, which has been shrinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n