Mexican immigrants in the United States sent less money back to Mexico in May, a decline in an important source of income for many families.
Remittances — or the money immigrants send back to their countries of origin — dropped close to 5% for Mexico from May of last year to May of this year.
That decline was significantly less than the 12% drop in April compared to April 2024.
Mexico receives most of its remittances from the United States, which is going forward with a 1% tax on some of that money. Republicans’ megabill passed by Congress on Thursday would tax remittances paid in cash, which is only a fraction of the total amount of money sent back to Mexico.
Mexico’s president has strongly pushed back against taxing remittances, and says her government would reimburse Mexican citizens in the U.S. who have to pay the tax.
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Andrés Manuel López Beltrán says the revocation of his U.S. visa was politically motivated. -
The project to clean up sediment and soil in the Rio Sonora comes more than a decade after what Mexico considers the worst environmental mining disaster in its history. Some say the government and Grupo México could have done more and demand transparency. -
Leadership clarified that non-members — including employees or residents, guests of tribal members, travelers on public roadways and vendors tied to the Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise — may still travel freely “without any restrictions.” -
As officials turn to native trees to deal with urban heat, Sonora is hoping to create a "green lung" in the state capital. -
The U.S. Agriculture Department plans to reopen part of the U.S.-Mexico border to cattle later this month. On Aug. 24, the Douglas, Arizona, port will become the first to allow cattle from Mexico to travel into the United States.
