Work In The States, Build A Life In Mexico

Ana Escalante — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:51:19 -0400

July 18, 2005 - 16:00, Business Week

Story Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_29/b3943007_mz001.htm

Teaser:
Once a month 28-year-old Ignacio Moreno (not his real surname) walks to a small storefront on Chicago's West 26th Street and plunks down $380. It's not the rent for his two-bedroom apartment, where he lives with his wife and two kids, but an installment payment on his dream home back in Mexico. A bakery employee who works the night shift since the family came to the U.S. illegally in late

Once a month 28-year-old Ignacio Moreno (not his real surname) walks to a small storefront on Chicago's West 26th Street and plunks down $380. It's not the rent for his two-bedroom apartment, where he lives with his wife and two kids, but an installment payment on his dream home back in Mexico. A bakery employee who works the night shift since the family came to the U.S. illegally in late 2003, Moreno is paying for $10,000 worth of cement, gravel, and bricks for the four-bedroom house he's building on the outskirts of the Mexican capital.

NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Work In The States, Build A Life In Mexico - Comments

Work In The States, Build A Life In Mexico