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Chattanooga: Immigration in reverse

Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008 , 12:01 a.m.

By: Dave Flessner By: Todd South By: Perla Trevizo


José Gómez is seeing fewer people in his gym in Dalton, Ga. Not because folks aren’t as interested in staying healthy, he says, but because they’re interested in staying out of jail.

New immigration laws in Georgia — among the toughest in the nation — are scaring families with illegal immigrants out of the state, he says.

“I’ve known of at least 20 families that have left just because of these laws,â€