Are state's immigrants leaving?

By Devona Walker
Staff Writer

Sergio Gil came home from Iraq in February.

The cold Oklahoma air was a jolt to the 26-year-old artilleryman's system, but it paled in comparison to the shocking scene he found on the city's southeast side — a virtual vacuum. Everybody was gone, it seemed.

"I was hearing stuff like 20,000 Mexicans had left,â€