Arizona Seeing Signs of Flight by Immigrants [View All]

[DuaneBidoux]

Source: New York Times

PHOENIX — The signs of flight among Latino immigrants here are multiple: Families moving out of apartment complexes, schools reporting enrollment drops, business owners complaining about fewer clients.

While it is too early to know for certain, a consensus is developing among economists, business people and immigration groups that the weakening economy coupled with recent curbs on illegal immigration are steering Hispanic immigrants out of the state.



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This bears watching. Business is starting to suffer and whole families who are in Arizona legally are leaving because of one member of the family who is here illegally. State is also getting custody of children.