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Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. law
AP NEWS ^
| April 28 ,2010
| AMANDA LEE MYERS
Posted on 04/29/2010 9:11:24 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
PHOENIX (AP) - Many of the cars that once stopped in the Home Depot parking lot to pick up day laborers to hang drywall or do landscaping now just drive on by.
Arizona's sweeping immigration bill allows police to arrest illegal immigrant day laborers seeking work on the street or anyone trying to hire them. It won't take effect until summer but it is already having an effect on the state's underground economy.
"Nobody wants to pick us up," Julio Loyola Diaz says in Spanish as he and dozens of other men wait under the shade of palo verde trees and lean against a low brick wall outside the east Phoenix home improvement store.
Many day laborers like Diaz say they will leave Arizona because of the law, which also makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally and directs police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal immigrants.
Diaz says he has too much to lose by staying - he's supporting a wife and infant son back home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas.
"They depend on me to survive," he says. "I'm not going to wait for police to come and arrest me."
Jose Armenta, a 33-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico's western coast, is already planning to move to Utah within the next 20 days because of a combination of the economy and the new law.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; arizona; democrats; elections; illegals; obama
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Imagine that!
To: Bigtigermike
There goes the congregation.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:12:41 AM PDT
by
deadrock
(Liberty is a bitch that needs to be bedded on a mattress of cadavers.)
To: Bigtigermike
Diaz says he has too much to lose by staying - he’s supporting a wife and infant son back home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas.
Then go home where you belong
To: Bigtigermike
They should be forced the LEAVE OUR COUNTRY and not just Arizona.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:14:32 AM PDT
by
teletech
(Say NO to RINOS!)
To: Bigtigermike
Buh bye!
Sue the Federal Government for fraud. they’re the ones that implied it was ok for you to break the law.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:15:51 AM PDT
by
Hoosier-Daddy
( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
To: Bigtigermike
Bye! Don’t let the doorknob hit you on the way out!
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:16:01 AM PDT
by
Sister_T
(Socialism is covetousness, wearing a mask of "caring for the poor" ... Ephesians 5:5)
To: Bigtigermike
Wow! A law that immediately shows intended improvements.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:16:37 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson)
To: Bigtigermike
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:16:42 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
To: teletech
Wait for the libs to complain about cutting their own grass or making their own bed or not having anyone to sweep the floor.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:17:21 AM PDT
by
shadeaud
("If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten." -- George Carlin)
To: Bigtigermike
Intended Effect Realized.
I wonder how the private legal citizen contractors are doing? I would imagine business is picking up for them.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:17:34 AM PDT
by
GraceG
To: Bigtigermike
immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. law
I thought that was the whole point. Did i miss something or is the press just surprised that government actually passed a law that was working and didn't cost a whole lot of money?
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:18:02 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: Bigtigermike
Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. lawUhhhhh......okay.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:18:09 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: Bigtigermike
Jose Armenta, a 33-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico's western coast, is already planning to move to Utah within the next 20 daysI like Rush's idea to give them all bus vouchers for one-way tickets to San Francisco. LOL!
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:18:34 AM PDT
by
mollynme
(cogito, ergo freepum)
To: Bigtigermike; palo verde
other men wait under the shade of palo verde trees Shout out to palo verde!
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:18:50 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: shadeaud
“Wait for the libs to complain about cutting their own grass or making their own bed or not having anyone to sweep the floor. “
Most all Libs out there are complete cheapskates who will hire illegals to watch their kids and clean their bathrooms so they have more money to blow on expensive dinners and frivolious items.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:18:57 AM PDT
by
GraceG
To: Bigtigermike
"The law's supporters hope the departure of illegal immigrants will help dismantle part of the underground economy here and create jobs for thousands of legal residents in a state with a 9.6 percent unemployment rate."Duh!
To: Bigtigermike
Jose Armenta, a 33-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico's western coast, is already planning to move to Utah Utah should be made aware of the upcoming increase in criminals.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:20:30 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
To: Bigtigermike
"Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. law"
Well Amigoes, don't let the cactus hit you in the @$$ on the way out the door....bye.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:20:54 AM PDT
by
FrankR
(Standing up against tyranny must start somewhere, or the future will belong to the tyrants.)
To: Bigtigermike
Adiós and head south.
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:21:21 AM PDT
by
Semper Mark
(Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. - Aristotle)
To: Bigtigermike
Jose Armenta, a 33-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico's western coast, is already planning to move to Utah within the next 20 days because of a combination of the economy and the new law. Say it ain't so. Somebody should tell him that he'd be welcomed in San Francisco!
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posted on
04/29/2010 9:22:11 AM PDT
by
Retired COB
(Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
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