Posted on 05/03/2010 7:06:57 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
(CBS) – On a dusty block in Phoenix, 15 years of the Quintana family’s possessions are for sale.
Manuela Quintana said that they decided to leave when the Arizona governor signed the new immigration law.
For years, their family thrived with jobs in restaurants and construction, reports CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella. Their 10 children were born here and are U.S. citizens. Both she and her husband are undocumented, and currently unemployed.
She said that her biggest fear is being put in jail and having her children taken away from her. Just the thought of moving scares their 12-year-old daughter Graciela.
“I think it’s going to be my worst day,” Graciela said.
Two years ago, this park was filled with families every weekend. Arizona was home to more than half a million illegal immigrants. Since then, at least 100,000 have left.
Kyle Kester is the Quintana’s landlord – he’s lost seven tenants in the past week.
“I would say on this block alone we have 20 vacancies at least,” Kester said. “It’s not just illegal immigrants who are affected by this. I was born in the U.S. and it’s hurting me now.”
Graciela’s best friend fled to California with her family Saturday. She didn’t get to say good-bye.
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Kyle Kester is the Quintana’s landlord – he’s lost seven tenants in the past week.
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SOMEBODY please call the IRS.
“Since then, at least 100,000 have left.”
Excellent. Now the rest of the states need to act, and the buggers will move back to mexico where they belong.
Real estate in Arizona is about to take a massive hit. It had to be done, but foreclosures on rental properties are going to spike.
Wow! It’s working already!
Unemployed illegals are leaving....sounds like the law is working.
Damn.... I hope they don’t come here.
We already have enough people roaming around that can’t speak a word of English.
LOL, may I recommend San Francisco?
“Their 10 children were born here and are U.S. citizens. Both she and her husband are undocumented, and currently unemployed.”
Were they getting taxpayer funded welfare, medicaid, and other freebies courtesy of the rest of us taxpaying producers?
Yes!!! I hope a lot more illegals leave. Ummm, you’re breaking the law, get the hell out.
“Their 10 children were born here and are U.S. citizens. Both she and her husband are undocumented, and currently unemployed.”
Sorry, who decided that their children were U.S. citizens? Sounds like she and her husband owe the U.S. taxpayers a few million dollars for social services they fraudulently obtained while living her illegally.
They had 10 KIDS!!!!! They brag about having jobs in a restaurant?? Anybody know and American Citizen that could afford 10 kids working in a restaurant? I highly doubt we are talking fine dining here!
10 kids on our dime..free medical, dental, lunch, education, you name it!
Their 10 children were born here and are U.S. citizens. Both she and her husband are undocumented, and currently unemployed.
What do you think them and their 10 children are costing us right now?
Most of them will be heading here to L.A...just what I need: an entire army of them at the entrance of Home Depot.
[Kyle Kester is the Quintana’s landlord ]
Hummm, I’m hoping to profit for the next forty years by bringing in poor Ukrainians. Should be no problem, right?
100,000 fewer to arrest!!
I hope they divide themselves equally between San Francisco and New York City. I would hate to see that dumbass Mikey Bloomberg get screwed in this deal. After all, it was his idea that they leave Arizona and move to New York.
It really isn’t working......they are just moving on to other states!!! In this case Colorado!
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