Immigration

Immigrants send record $148 billion home, Latin America, China tops

By Paul Bedard
Published April 4, 2019 12:24pm ET
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Immigrants send record $148 billion home, Latin America, China tops
Trump first floated the idea of taxing or halting person-to-person wire transfers, known as remittances, during his bid for the White House. | (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Legal and illegal immigrants in the United States send a record $148 billion home in 2017, with Latin America and China topping the list, according to new World Bank data.

Mexico received the most, at $30 billion, followed by China at $16 billion and India at $11 billion.

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