With all the hype about border security, it’s easy to overlook obvious facts about immigration. Here’s one that should receive more attention when discussing whether it’s necessary and practical to triple the size of the Border Patrol and build a double-layer fence across the entire U.S.-Mexico border.

More Americans have moved to Mexico in recent years than vice versa, according to government data cited in a New York Times feature by Damien Cave published over the weekend.

via The Mind-Blowing Fact About Immigration No One Mentions.