In part the missing millions may be well be an illustration of the fact that in political systems that forbid basic freedoms and economic opportunities, citizens head for the exit.
Tepetlán, a village of 1,800 people on a high plateau in the southeastern flanks of the Sierra Madre Oriental, has shrunk in population in recent years as scores of its citizens head "al otro lado," to the other side, as the United States is called.
Following a time-honored tradition of democracy, two ordinary citizens head to Washington, D.C. today with a message for the President and Congress.
Many countries, including the United States, have issued travel warnings for citizens headed to France during this period; some players have expressed concerns about the safety of their families.
While about 1,000 citizens headed home, and another 3,350 citizens moved to halfway houses or home confinement, ICE says 763 immigrants had "final orders of removal" and were "removed quickly in most circumstances" from the United States.
For most Bangladeshis, that truth has been established since 1995, when a self-appointed panel of eminent citizens, headed by the current justice minister, compiled "evidence" of war crimes against 16 individuals, including the seven men currently awaiting trial before the International Crimes Tribunal.
In an extensive and spontaneous outpouring of grief across Europe and the rest of the world for the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, citizens, heads of government, royalty and critics unaccustomed to confiding sentiments of similarity with Americans are expressing sympathy for the United States and sending urgent messages of encouragement and solidarity.
Worries over taxes, the economy, and the national debt will certainly hold sway on citizens heading to the polls this November.
Following all required international laws, a group of Czech citizens headed by Jedlička decided to declare a new state in that sliver of land.
A group of Dutch citizens headed to court this week in a bold effort to hold their government accountable for its inaction over climate change.
"Poles always feel they need to have an enemy," Urszula Slawinska, 38, said one day as she walked along a sidewalk in Warsaw, an average citizen, headed home, uninvolved in politics, yet keenly aware of what was happening around her. "Because of our history we define ourselves, to be Polish meant to protect our country.
