Juanita, a house cleaner who has lost work, says she used to send up to $150 a week to her mother in Michoacan, in central Mexico, but now she can barely manage to send $50.

• 花妮塔是一个帮人家打扫屋子的清洁工。她现在已经失去了工作。花妮塔说：“我过去每个星期给我妈寄150美元。我妈住在墨西哥中部的米却肯州。可是现在，我每个礼拜勉强能寄50块钱。