News, Illegal immigrants moving out. (driver's license, laws, Republican, driver)

[John1960]

Illegal immigrants living in states and cities that have adopted strict immigration policies are packing up and moving back to their home countries or to neighboring states.
The exodus has been fueled by a wave of laws targeting illegal immigrants in Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and elsewhere. Many were passed after congressional efforts to overhaul the immigration system collapsed in June.

Immigrants say the laws have raised fears of workplace raids and deportation.

"People now are really frightened and scared because they don't know what's going to happen," says Juliana Stout, an editor at the newspaper El Nacional de Oklahoma. "They're selling houses. They're leaving the country."

Supporters of the laws cheer the departure of illegal immigrants and say the laws are working as intended.

Oklahoma state Rep. Randy Terrill, Republican author of his state's law, says the flight proves it is working. "That was the intended purpose," he says. "It would be just fine with me if we exported all illegal aliens to the surrounding states."

Most provisions of an Oklahoma law take effect in November. Among other things, it cuts off benefits such as welfare and college financial aid.

There's no hard demographic data on the trend, partly because it's hard to track people who are in the USA illegally. But school officials, real estate agents and church leaders say the movement is unmistakable.

In Tulsa, schools have seen a drop in Hispanic enrollment.

About 60% of Kendall-Whittier Elementary School's 950 students are Hispanic, Principal Judy Feary says. Since an enrollment report Sept. 10, she says, 14 have left. Four more said last week that they would move.

Illegal immigrants moving out - USATODAY.com

[jak88]

Good .

Want to be accepted here? Do it the correct and LEGAL way.

[Veiled Prophet]

I love the fact that they are scared. I love the fact that it scares them enough to make them move on. Now, if only the other states and cities would pass strict laws. Take away the magnet and they will continue to self-deport. I am also glad they are finding out that Americans, at least the majority anyway, don't want them in our country and are sick of them STEALING from the people of this country.

[njkate]

Buh bye!!! No tears here

[lilypad]

Very good news-- if it is a fact. Just wondering how many sanctuary cities they may travel through on the way back, and decide to stay....

[Miborn]

Originally Posted by lilypad

Very good news-- if it is a fact. Just wondering how many sanctuary cities they may travel through on the way back, and decide to stay....

Let them go to those sanctuary states and we will see in a couple of years the crime rate go up and the states profits dwindle and I wonder how long it will take for the citizens of those states to demand the laws to be changed.

[cynwldkat]

Not fast enough and not enough of them!! But, hopefully, it is a start!!

[RedNC]

“Maria Sanchez, 35, joined the migration with her sister and nephew, who are in the country legally. Sanchez was in the USA illegally, but she has gotten a temporary work permit.”
“The three lived in Aurora, Colo., when Sanchez was fired from her job as district manager of a fast-food chain after she couldn't provide a valid Social Security number. “
Colorado has approved several immigration measures. One gives employers 20 days to check and photocopy documents such as driver's licenses and Social Security cards, which new workers present to prove their legal status.
Because of the laws, Sanchez, her sister and nephew left five months ago. "I moved to Utah because they don't have the same laws here," she says.
State Sen. Dave Schultheis says he hasn't observed a major migration out of Colorado but has heard anecdotal reports that illegal immigrants are leaving. "It's absolutely a good thing," he says. "We want to make Colorado the least friendly state to people who are here illegally."

WHAT? Anyone believe a district manager of a fast-food chain is a job no American is willing to do? What job is she going to take from an American citizen in Utah?

Hazleton, Pa., families started moving away after the city passed an illegal-immigrant law last summer, says Rudy Espinal, head of the Hazleton Hispanic Business Association. The law would fine landlords who rented to illegal immigrants and suspend the business licenses of companies that hired them. A companion measure would require tenants to register with the city and pay $10 for a rental permit.
A federal judge ruled the measures unconstitutional in July, but that hasn't stopped people moving away, he says.
"People are still leaving," Espinal says. "Some people have told me that they're leaving because they don't want their kids to grow up in an environment like this."

That’s rich. They’re ok with illegally entering this country, lying to get work, living an underground existence, but they have a problem when US citizens start to crack down on their illegal invasion.

[Veiled Prophet]

And we have people in this forum and around the country who want even more of the criminals to be allowed into our country.

[nativeDallasite]

Originally Posted by RedNC

"People are still leaving," Espinal says. "Some people have told me that they're leaving because they don't want their kids to grow up in an environment like this."

That’s rich. They’re ok with illegally entering this country, lying to get work, living an underground existence, but they have a problem when US citizens start to crack down on their illegal invasion.

Good, get out! I wish Dallas would pass a similar law.