U.S. Mexicans are sending even less money home. Remittances to México suffered their biggest decrease on record last month, according to Mexico's central bank. The U.S. is expected to post record-breaking unemployment figures in two days.

México's central bank says immigrants are sending less money to relatives this year, citing a two percent drop in the first six months of this year. Previously: Remittances down.

Less Latino immigrants are sending money to their home countries. Only half of an estimated 19 million Latino immigrants in the U.S. have sent money to relatives this year, compared with 73 percent two years ago, according to a survey released by the Inter-American Development Bank.

Remittances from the U.S. to Mexico ($24 billion) remained steady, increasing by only one percent in 2007. Two years ago, remittances grew by 17 percent.

A slump in the U.S. economy and increased vigilance by state and local governments are slowing the flow of money from Mexican immigrants to their families back home. (via HispanicTips)

Remittances from U.S. migrant workers to Latin American reach $62 billion, more than foreign investment and foreign aid combined. Remittances to Mexico alone totaled $23 billion.