In Recent Years, Fewer Mexicans Have Friends or Family in the U.S Do you have friends telephone or relatives regularly? who live in the U.S. that
The drop in the number of Mexicans living in the U.S. also is reflected in the share of adults in Mexico who report having family or friends living in the U.S. with whom they keep in touch. In 2007, 42% of Mexican adults said they kept in contact with acquaintances living in the U.S., while today, 35% say so, according to newly released results from the Pew Research Center’s 2015 survey in Mexico.
Asked about their willingness to migrate to the U.S., 35% say they would move to the U.S. if they had the opportunity and means to do so, including 20% of adults in Mexico who would do so without authorization. This is unchanged from 2009 when a third of adults in Mexico said they would be willing to migrate to the U.S., and 18% said they would do it without authorization (Pew Research Center, 2009).
Figures  | In Recent Years, Fewer Mexicans Have  | Friends or Family in the U.S  | Do you have friends telephone or relatives regularly? who live in the U.S. that  | you write to, telephone or visit regularly?  | 67  | 70%  | NO  | 64  | 63  | 60  | 57  | 56  | 50  | 49  | 39  | 36  | 35  | yes  | 32  | 20  | 2007  | 2002  | 2012  | 2015  | Source: Spring 2015 Global Attitudes survey. Q147 & Q148.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 