A record number of Americans are crossing the southern border — to live in Mexico, according to a new report. More than 8,000 US citizens were issued temporary resident visas to live in Mexico in the first nine months of the year, an 85% increase over the same period in 2019, Mexico’s Interior Ministry said, according to the Mexico News Daily. That’s the highest reverse migration figure since the statistics were first compiled in 2010, the outlet reported. Mexico City is the chosen destination for many of the US citizens heading south, with 1,619 — or 19% — choosing the capital city over popular Mexican hot spots such as Puerto Vallarta and Cancun. And not all of the transplants are temporary — the number of US citizens granted permanent residency in Mexico is up 48% over 2019, the report said.