Legislators Republicans in United States Han proposed impose a tax 5% to all the remittances sent to the foreign, as part of a strategy for finance projects internal projects, between them the control border . This initiative ha generated rejection between governments and defenders of the rights migrants, by consider that penalizes directly a who already contributes to the American economy with their work and the payment of taxes.

In response, the president Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, described the measure as “unconstitutional and discriminatory”, arguing that contradicts agreements prosecutors bilateral in force from 1994, which they prevent that the Mexican e N EE.U. Sean tax two times. Increase a lo previous, economists and analysts warn that the measure no only would affect to Mexico, but also to to million of migrants of America Latin, Asia and Africa that sustain to their families

How much more will you pay if you send $ 1,000 to Mexico from USA?

With the current proposal, a migrant that sends $ 1,000 to Mexico would have to pay $ 50 additional only per the tax. This would be would add to the rates that already apply services as western u Nion, Moneygram, Remitly O Wells Fargo, that can charge from $ 3 to $ 15 by transfer, depending of the channel, the speed of the shipping y si se used effective, card or account bank.

In total, a only shipping $ 1,000 could end cost between $ 53 and $ 65 or more.

For who send money each month, this measure would represent a significant loss a lo leon of the year. Per example, a worker that refers $ 1,000 per month would be paying up to $ 600 additional in taxes in a period of 12 months.

A direct direct to the communities migrants

Diverse specialists in policy migratory han indicated that the tax would affect in way disproportionate a the workers undocumented or protected by programs temporal as daca or tps.

These groups no have access to services public basic in USA, but yes contribute with state and federal taxes.

Of Agreement with data of the Institute of Politics Migratory (MPI, by its acronym in English), the migrants in USA. Contribute annually more of one one billion of dollars to the internal product gross of the country. In addition, contribute with thousands of million in taxes, although no have status migratory regularized. by ESO, organizations civil han qualified this measure as "a economic punishment that contradicts the principles of equity fiscal y justice social".

The that continues

Up to now, the proposal remains a project legislative y no ha has been voted in the congress. Without embargo, the simple fact of has been presented ha on the alerts in governments, economists and international organisms.

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