Daily Border Bulletin- Texan Democrat Hopeful to U.S. Senate Advocates for Immigrants, Remmitances to Mexico Go Up, and more

Submitted by Tania Lara on 7/30/12

Daily Border Bulletin is up! Today's stories include:

Democratic hopeful to U.S. Senate advocates for immigration reform- Grady Yarbrough, one of the two Democrat candidates to the U.S. Senate in Texas has promised a path to legal status to undocumented immigrants through a new TV ad. 

Sen. McCain asked Romney to tone down anti-immigrant rhetoric- Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) placed a joint call to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in January, urging him to tone down his anti-immigration rhetoric in order to win Hispanic votes in the 2012 November elections.

Mexican immigration to the U.S. declines but remmittances go up- A BBVA Research report highlights that Mexican immigration to the U.S. has remained unchanged since 2008. However, the economic recovery in the U.S. had a positive impact on remittances which reached its highest annual growth rate since 2007.