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One political irritant between the U.S. and Mexico over the years has been immigration policy \u2013 an issue that is currently before lawmakers on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n\n

In 2010, Mexicans reacted negatively when Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a controversial measure to crack down on illegal immigration<\/a>, a measure that also caused heated debate in the U.S. \u00a0Mexico\u2019s then-President Felipe Calderon declared the<\/a> law \u201can obstacle to the solution of the common problems of the border region and in North America as a whole.\u201d The measure made failure to carry immigration documents a crime and empowered the police to detain anyone suspected of being in the U.S. illegally.<\/p>\n\n

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Nearly two-thirds (65%) of Mexicans surveyed after the law\u2019s enactment had heard about it, and the image of the U.S. in Mexico took a nosedive, according to a 2010 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. Prior to enactment of the law, 62% of Mexicans had a favorable view of their northern neighbor while only 27% held a negative one. After the measure became law, 48% of Mexicans registered a negative view of the U.S. while 44% expressed a positive one. The survey did not specifically ask if the law was the reason for the change in opinions.<\/p>\n\n

But positive views of the U.S. have bounced back since then. In a survey this spring<\/a>, 66% of Mexicans said they viewed the U.S. favorably compared to 30% who did not. That represented a gain of 22 percentage points among Mexicans surveyed after the law\u2019s passage in2010.<\/p>\n\n

Mexicans have strong personal connections with friends and relatives in the U.S. Although few Mexicans (17%) said they had ever traveled to the U.S., many are in frequent contact with people who live there. Of those who have a friend or relative living in another country whom they contact regularly, 85% cited the U.S. as a country where their friends or relatives reside.<\/p>\n\n

The Mexican public\u2019s view of the immigrant experience is generally positive. Of those who know someone living in the U.S., seven-in-ten said their friends or relatives had achieved their goals, although 27% said they knew someone who had been deported or detained by the U.S. and three-in-ten knew someone who returned to Mexico because they could not find work.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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