I read it in El Diario de Cd. Juárez

My primo mentioned to me that he saw a story on the front page of El Diario that these days people in Wazoo are sending money to kinfolks on the other side who have lost work. I found it on the Diario Web site:

Ciudad Juárez— El desempleo en Estados Unidos provocó que los paisanos ya no sólo no manden dólares a México, sino que sus familiares en este país tengan que enviarles dinero para que sobrevivan mientras consiguen otro trabajo allá, dijo Demetrio Sotomayor Cuéllar, delegado de Turismo de Gobierno del Estado en Ciudad Juárez.

If you happen to read some Spanish, read it all here. Mostly it's just that U.S. unemployment is having a big effect on the usual flow of bucks into Mexico, people aren't sending money home, people visiting home down, such as that. Remittances are among the top three sources of money to Mexico, so a long-lasting downturn here will straiten many family budgets on that side of the river. Interesting times …