Monday, December 24, 2007


Illegals Leaving More Than Arizona

It's not just Arizona. Illegal aliens are across the United States are starting to pack their bags as a crackdown on undocumented immigrants widens and the U.S. economy slows:

In the past year, U.S. immigration police have stepped up workplace sweeps across the country and teamed up with a growing number of local forces to train officers to enforce immigration laws.

Meanwhile, a bill seeking to offer many of the 12 million illegal immigrants a path to legal status was tossed by the U.S. Congress, spurring many state and local authorities to pass their own measures targeting illegal immigrants.

The toughening environment has been coupled with a turndown in the U.S. economy, which has tipped the balance toward self deportation for many illegal immigrants left struggling to find work.


No one knows how many illegal aliens have already left the United States, but Mexican consular officials report a spike in the number of immigrants applying for Mexican citizenship for their U.S.-born children in order to enroll them in Mexican schools.

Like I said the other day, attrition by enforcement works. When illegal aliens don't have jobs, they don't stick around.

http://cayankee.blogs.com/cayankee/2007 ... eavin.html