My Parents 'Would Die': Families Fear Impact of Trump's Border Wall Plan Rosa Flores - CNN
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Dollars to Mexico: A village's lifeline (CNN)

The call of a rooster is drowned out by the sounds of construction crews paid for by American dollars, reminding Martha and Artemio Mendoza of just how much their lives in Mexico depend on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November.

They don't speak English but they understand two words: Donald Trump.

"Life would be very tough," says Martha about a possible Trump presidency. "We would be poorer than we are now."

Martha and Artemio are both 63 years old, they have no pension, and live off of $150 to $200 a month sent by their son Juan, who is an undocumented immigrant living in Chicago. They are terrified of Trump's campaign promise to stop money transfers sent south of the border by undocumented immigrants, unless Mexico pays $5 to $10 billion to build a border wall.

"It's not right," Martha tells CNN, as she cooks breakfast corn tortillas from scratch in her outside kitchen.

Last year alone, nearly $25 billion were sent from the U.S. to Mexico, on average in amounts of $300, according to the Mexican Central Bank.

If the current trend continues, transfers could exceed $25 billion in 2016. This year, 40 percent of that money is going to families in the Mexican states of Michoacan, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico state and Puebla through electronic money transfers, according to Mexican Central Bank records.

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