According to a survey of Latin American immigrants, the number of people sending remittances home to Latin America has fallen significantly in only a few years. In 2006 73 percent of immigrants from the region sent money home, but now it is only half. The fall is credited to anti-immigrant sentiment in the US that makes people afraid to call attention to themselves. The dollar amounts have also fallen, and the weak dollar is making the remittances that do go through less valuable.
