Mental health problems are very high in Mexican immigrants, dealing with moving to a new country is very stressful. Depression and anxiety and alcoholism are high. - - Donna Poisl
BY HELEN ADAMOPOULOS
Javier Theurel knows how difficult it can be to move to a new country.
The 30-year-old Cicero resident, who works as a salesman in Chicago, hasn’t had problems since emigrating legally from Mexico in 2008. However, he knows others who have had trouble making the adjustment. They turn to alcohol to cope with not seeing their wives and children. Those who crossed the border illegally, unlike Theurel, don’t want to risk visiting home.
“They know if they go back to Mexico, it will be hard for them to come back,” Theurel said. “They are alone here in this country.”
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