El Salvador Migration Creates Labor Shortage
by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, NPROctober 12, 2007
The small Central American nation of El Salvador has one of the highest rates of migration to the U.S. in the region, creating a labor shortage at home. But El Salvador's competitive wages attract workers from its less well-off neighbors Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras.
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