Thread: Arizona immigration law provoked exodus of Hispanics

Arizona immigration law provoked exodus of Hispanics: study

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AFP) – A controversial immigration law in Arizona has likely provoked the voluntary departure of 100,000 Hispanics from the southern US state, according to a study released Wednesday.

"Several months after the law was applied, it's possible to observe a lower number of Hispanics in that area of America. We estimate there are 100,000 less Hispanics compared to the start of 2010," said the report by the private BBVA Bancomer foundation, released at the two-day Global Forum on Migration and Development, in the Pacific resort of Puerto Vallarta.

"It's possible that this reduction is largely due to the potential application of the law," the report said.

It was unclear where those who left Arizona had gone, but most were probably elsewhere in the United States, it added.

Arizona's governor in July approved a law giving police broader powers to pursue illegal immigrants, but a federal judge temporarily blocked some of its more controversial provisions, including making it a crime not to carry proper papers.

About 30 percent of Arizona's 6.6 million people are Hispanic, according to US census data. One third of them are foreign born, including the estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in the state.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101111/ts ... 1111002341

It was unclear where those who left Arizona had gone, but most were probably elsewhere in the United States,

They all came here I reckon!

Enforcement Works! The simple truth has been revealed.

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"Several months after the law was applied, it's possible to observe a lower number of Hispanics in that area of America. We estimate there are 100,000 less Hispanics compared to the start of 2010,"

I am going to bookmark this and send it to every idiotic anti-American reporter who writes that "Hispanics are the fastest growing group in the US". Actually in many areas they are the fastest shrinking group!

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

Enforcement Works! The simple truth has been revealed.

Yes it does, always has.

While I agree that enforcement works, I'm dubious about this report and the intentions behind it, since it comes from this BBVA Bancomer foundation.

BBVA Bancomer is the largest financial institution in Mexico, dominating about 20% of the market.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBVA_Bancomer

I would take whatever they say with a grain of salt, to say the least.