Fiona Ledger travelled to the USA where she met Jose - one of three million illegal Mexican immigrant who have gone there in search of work. The money he remits supports his farmer father and sister in Oaxaca.
Whole villages in this, Mexico’s poorest region, have lost their men-folk to the agricultural fields and construction sites of California.
It’s a lifeline for some communities and a window of opportunity for the poor and ambitious, but it also splits up families and creates a culture of dependency.
