Upto 20,000 Illegal Workers leave Oklahoma (illegal immigrants, law, Mexico, citizenship)

[mkfarnam]

Lodging workers leaving state
11/18/2007

EDMOND — As many as 20,000 hotel-motel workers may have left their jobs and Oklahoma in the wake of the state’s new immigration reform bill.

The numbers are not official, but Cathy Williams-White, director of the Edmond Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the loss has happened within the past month. House Bill 1804, which went into effect on Nov. 1, bars illegal immigrants from getting jobs and state benefits and makes it a felony to harbor or transport illegal immigrants.

“When you look at the major employers of Edmond, if you take out UCO and you take out the public schools, then your major employers are builders, hotel and restaurant business and all of those have a large Hispanic population,” Williams-White said.

She said that doesn’t mean all hotel-motel workers are here illegally or are all Hispanic individuals. “Many of them live with family and three out of four working members may have completed their paper work for citizenship, but one of them didn’t by the time the law took effect.”

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One Old Vet - 20,000 ILLEGALS Leave Oklahoma — Another Good Start (http://oneoldvet.com/?p=3703#more-3703 - broken link)
The Edmond Sun, Edmond, OK - Lodging workers leaving state

[Choctaw2]

This is a good thing, but where did they go? back to their homeland or to another state? I'd like to hear about that.

[ProLogic]

Originally Posted by Choctaw2

This is a good thing, but where did they go? back to their homeland or to another state? I'd like to hear about that.

Same here, I would also like to know.

[mkfarnam]

I'll see if I can find that out.

[ProLogic]

I would also like to see how the Oklahoman economy is doing.

[Bummer]

Originally Posted by Choctaw2

This is a good thing, but where did they go? back to their homeland or to another state? I'd like to hear about that.

I agree, Choctaw . . . sounds like a GREAT THING to me.

Supposedly we're having a hefty exodus of illegals because of our new "Hold The Employer Responsible" law recently voted in.

Sad to say, most reports are saying they are heading East and North, not back home.

[GH0ST..]

Originally Posted by Bummer

I agree, Choctaw . . . sounds like a GREAT THING to me.

Supposedly we're having a hefty exodus of illegals because of our new "Hold The Employer Responsible" law recently voted in.

Sad to say, most reports are saying they are heading East and North, not back home.

if this law is just displacing immigrants, how can it be considered any sort of success?

[Bummer]

Originally Posted by GH0ST..

if this law is just displacing immigrants, how can it be considered any sort of success?

Good question, CHOST

Soon or later . . . THEY'LL GET THE MESSAGE?

Also, as more and more states pass similar laws, maybe they will begin to return home.

[GH0ST..]

Originally Posted by Bummer

Good question, CHOST

Soon or later . . . THEY'LL GET THE MESSAGE?

Also, as more and more states pass similar laws, maybe they will begin to return home.

obviously theyd rather be a subculture in america than the main culture in mexico. where do you draw your conclusions?

[nativeDallasite]

Great...I bet the ones leaving OK are coming HERE.