--- title: Donald Trump's Comments on Undocumented Mexican Immigrants Are Helping Them in at Least One Way description: Presidential candidate Trump has focused his campaign against illegal Mexican immigrants. But his comments could be lining their pockets. authors: - name: Alexandra Mondalek url: https://money.com/author/alexandra-mondalek/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 44 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/amondalek former_staff: true published: '2016-10-03T13:49:52.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T03:59:27.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - Election 2016 - mexican peso - pubdesk - trump - value of the dollar word_count: 221 canonical: https://money.com/donald-trump-mexican-immigrants-peso/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Roger Waters Live At Zocalo Main Square](https://img.money.com/2016/10/gettyimages-611917308.jpg) *A fan holds up a banner against the wall project of Donald Trump during a concert at Zocalo Main Square in Mexico City, Mexico.* Donald Trump has vowed that, as president, he would deport illegal immigrants and build a wall between Mexico and the U.S. to keep others from reentering. But while his comments have increased tensions with our neighbors to the south, ironically the GOP presidential candidate has actually been *helping* undocumented Mexican workers in the U.S. That's because Trump's proposals have pushed the value of the Mexican peso down relative to the dollar, [*Bloomberg*](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-03/donald-trump-is-handing-a-windfall-to-mexican-immigrant-families) reports, meaning the money that workers in the U.S. make and send home to family in Mexico is worth more than it was even a year ago, just after Trump announced he'd run for president. While the market has remained [relatively calm](https://money.com/donald-trump-scare-wall-street/) in the face of Trump's campaign claims (no, [stocks won't crash](https://money.com/trump-president-stock-market-crash/) if Trump is elected) the dollar has gone from being worth 16.35 times the Mexican peso to nearly 20 times the Mexican currency. That increase of more than 20% means money sent back to families in Mexico goes much further than it would have otherwise. ***Read:** [Mexican Peso Surges After First Presidential Debate](https://money.com/mexican-peso-presidential-debate/)* What's more, the money flowing back into Mexico from the U.S. is a boon not only to Mexican families, but to the Mexican economy, as consumption (a major factor in determining a country's gross domestic product) has grown over the same time period. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/donald-trump-mexican-immigrants-peso/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Economy and Politics", "item": "https://money.com/economy-and-politics/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Forex", "item": "https://money.com/forex/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Donald Trump's Comments on Undocumented Mexican Immigrants Are Helping Them in at Least One Way" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/donald-trump-mexican-immigrants-peso/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/donald-trump-mexican-immigrants-peso/", "name": "Donald Trump's Comments on Undocumented Mexican Immigrants Are Helping Them in at Least One Way", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-10-03T13:49:52.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/donald-trump-mexican-immigrants-peso/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/donald-trump-mexican-immigrants-peso/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T03:59:27.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Donald Trump's Comments on Undocumented Mexican Immigrants Are Helping Them in at Least One Way", "articleSection": "Economy and Politics", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/10/gettyimages-611917308.jpg", "width": 2813, "height": 1870, "caption": "Roger Waters Live At Zocalo Main Square" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexandra Mondalek", "url": "https://money.com/author/alexandra-mondalek/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/alexandra-mondalek/#author", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/amondalek" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-10-03T13:49:52.000Z", "description": "Presidential candidate Trump has focused his campaign against illegal Mexican immigrants. 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