The Columbus Dispatch, Central Ohio’s Newspaper has run a three day series on Mexicans in Columbus. I myself have just gotton back from Mexico, so I haven’t had time to read it. I will read it today. You can check out the series
Jobs draw thousands of Mexicans to Columbus and other cities where restaurants, landscaping companies, construction crews and others have trouble finding workers for relatively low wages.
Friends and relatives follow.
This is a look at a human pipeline that runs between Columbus and El Paxtle, a farming community of 1,500 in a remote part of central Mexico.
Sunday, March 27: Life in the shadows
o Immigrants long for Mexico as they thrive in Columbus
o Graphic: Demographic comparison of Ohio and Guanajuato
o About the series
o Photo gallery: Life in the shadows
Monday, March 28: Money flows south
o Turning dollars to pesos
Mexican workers in Columbus create lifeline for hometown
o Graphic: Sending money south
o Photo gallery: Money flows south
Tuesday, March 29: Culture changes communities
o Crossing cultural borders
Mexican traditions survive with American seasoning
Also: Behind the series
o Photo gallery: Culture changes communities