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Adriana Miranda leaned against the door frame and started to sob. Her husband hasn't found steady work in a year. Then, on Friday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the tough anti-illegal-immigration law that will allow police to arrest illegal immigrants like her. It was the last straw. After seven years in Arizona, the family was moving.
Phoenix resident Adamaris, a 22-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico, said she thinks many illegal immigrants will leave Arizona. "The economy is already bad here, and now with this new law ...," she said. "No, we don't want to stay here." Adamaris, who asked that her last name not be used because she is afraid of being deported, said she plans to wait two months to see if the law survives legal challenges before deciding whether to leave.
Is this bad news?
But it gets better...because now lawyers are avoiding Arizona too...
The American Immigration Lawyers Association has vowed to boycott the state of Arizona, canceling their fall national convention at the Scottsdale Marriott...The venue's penalty for canceling the event is approximately $92,000...
And The Arizona Hotel & Lodging Association said the estimated economic value of the cancellations ranges from $5,000 for the smaller groups to $45,000 for the larger.
The law will have the desired effect but taking 200-400,000 people out of an economy will have adverse effects - rental vacancies, unsold homes, lower retail sales, lay offs, decreased tax revenues....
The law will have the desired effect but taking 200-400,000 people out of an economy will have adverse effects - rental vacancies, unsold homes, lower retail sales, lay offs, decreased tax revenues....
Have you any idea how many people want to leave CA?
The law will have the desired effect but taking 200-400,000 people out of an economy will have adverse effects - rental vacancies, unsold homes, lower retail sales, lay offs, decreased tax revenues....
all that from less people on welfare wow! try more Americans getting jobs= rentals homes sold purchasing instead of sending money to mexico. mexicans no longer working under the table= more tax revenue
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