A post by Pat
The media is full of alarm that SB 1070 is causing illegals to leave Arizona. It’s as though it’s an unforeseen downside to passing a law which, the media is convinced, was created with the mean-spirited intent to harass Hispanics. The media sympathy for illegals is so overpowering they lost sight of the fact, if they ever could have comprehended it, that Arizonans actually think fewer illegals in their state is a desirable outcome.
Impact of immigrants’ exodus from Arizona debated
The exodus of illegal and legal immigrants predicted by some as a result of Arizona’s tough new immigration law is expected to hurt a variety of businesses that directly and indirectly cater to immigrant populations.
It is difficult to estimate the potential economic impact, but economists and market analysts agree it could be substantial.
What a surprise that businesses heavily impacted would be those which cater to the immigrant population.
It could push up vacancy rates at older, Class C apartment complexes and retail centers in immigrant neighborhoods. Other businesses that cater to immigrants, such as check-cashing stores and taxi services, also could be impacted.
Have Arizonans forgotten what happens when you crackdown on illegals? You know what they say about those who ignore history.
The Legal Arizona Workers Act, which took effect Jan. 1, 2008, gave the state authority to suspend or revoke the business license of any employer found to have knowingly or intentionally hired an illegal immigrant.
An estimated 100,000 illegal immigrants left the state as a result of the bill and some predict another 100,000 could leave as a result of SB 1070.
Well then, all the better for California.
Illegal immigrants: SB-1070 will not stop us
Pedro Noel Bojorquez, an immigrant from the Mexican state of Sinaloa, said SB 1070 “is an inhumane law. Many of us want to cross so that we can work. Immigrants founded that country. Why is there such hatred toward us? Things are getting worse instead of getting better.”
How touching that Pedro is so well-versed about American history. He knows a lot about geography too.
Pedro crossed to the U.S. on May 17, and he was deported to Mexicali on the following day. This situation is not new to him. Since 1982, he has been going back and forth but said he has found it harder to cross in recent years and fears that it will only get harder to do so.
The new obstacles facing illegal immigrants in Arizona make him more cautious. “I will cross again but not through Arizona, maybe through California. I think it may be easier there. I hope things there don’t become as hard as in Arizona, because I don’t know what will happen then.”
Illegal immigrant Juan Cervantes has been deported more than 60 times so he’s something of an expert on these matters. He thinks SB 1070 made Arizona the worst state for immigrants. He says he’ll find a job in San Diego.
Then there’s another Juan who avoided SB 1070. He didn’t have to go to California. California came to him in a sense. He isn’t an illegal. In fact, he’s the Senator from Arizona, a.k.a., John McCain. There was a Buycott Arizona rally on May 29. People came from all over the country to show their support for Arizona. Instead of being there greeting and thanking those people for supporting his state, Juan McCain went to the Lakers vs (Los) Suns basketball game. Stand with Arizona Buycott – Where was John McCain? w/video (h/t ArtGal)
Fidel Lopez is an illegal who has just had it with us.
“I don’t want to hear anything about the United States anymore. Wednesday was the last night I tried to cross and I almost died,” he said. Fidel jumped the fence in San Luis but had to return because the Border Patrol was following him. When he jumped back over into Mexico, he slipped and injured his face.
We can hardly wait for Juan McCain to fall on his face too.
Sniff. 🙁
Meanwhile, in another "border" state: Fox News reports:
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, who called the Arizona law "misguided" is NO Jan Brewer.
Washington sounds like the perfect relocation place for illegals leaving Arizona. 🙂
Pat…Pat…Pat…we don’t want them up here in Washington State. Those who are non-Indian native like me (lived here over 40 yrs and not on the government dole) despise the influx of Liberals who came to this state. It wasn’t always this loony left state that you now know…In fact our favorite joke when I was a kid was about the ‘Californicators’ who kept moving here who didn’t understand that you don’t drive 50mph on icy roads….
Send these buzzards and their liberal enablers BACK to California, please.
Here’s the New World in 1490. Ready. Set. Go.
Arguably, there’s different immigrants in different spheres. Even the Pope helps out by directing Spaniards one way, Portugeuse in another. Only the managers bring their families — Old World women, the soldiers and sailors and all the rest of the trades have to make do with what they can rustle up. The Spanish Roman Catholic Church keeps records in the New World with a 64 entry matrix that can categorize everyone by their ancesters of black slave, native indian, Castillian Spanish, and New World (mixed). Predictably and historically, there’s a natural bias of who’s on top and who’s on the bottom; the lexicon of race helps. Everyone knows it, depends upon it, and enforces it.
Back in what was to become the United States and Canada. Spanish and Portuguese influence is minimized. The Protestant Christian Chivalric (my term, but briefly think fair play, honor women and do the right thing, plus the Individual empowered by Martin Luther ie Pope-free) countries of England, France and the like are the major social influences.
Add a hundred years. Still running slaves, digging gold, expanding influences.
Add another hundred years. We’re at 1690. More of the same.
Add another hundred years. We’re at 1790. The United States bunch have changed the world.
The others, not so much. Consider these early days, think about the foundations built. And marvel that the system of congresses, states, laws, courts did not devolve into a wholly dishonest enterprise of entitlement. Sure you can probably find bad examples, horrid examples. But in the main, it all worked and we remained Free. (Here’s where Progressives and Race Baiters part company; they take the other side of the argument. They goal is largely power seeking.)
Add another hundred years. We’re at 1890. Is there any doubt?
Add another hundred years. We’re at 1990. The invasion is well under way. Republicans have blessed the Catholic Church as an official intermediaries between illegals and the status of amnesty. Didn’t matter, the gates are wide open.
Edge forward to right here right now. Still pretty much like its been. People like Pedro are invading and arguing that they are just another immigrant, just like the all other immigrants. Well, no, that’s not right. You are bringing half a millenium of failure, of bias, of ignorance, of stratified culture to our country. You’re probably not a good influence. You even may be a social psychopath with no working concept of abiding within the law, no expectation that the law is just, and the government acts fairly. And when you do involve yourself in our society, you do seek to make sure that your world view wins — that there is no law, no justice, and no fairness.
/rant off
You would think that the “freak press” would get it by now and fire their left leaning “reporters,” given that their newspapers, network news, and the rest of their media are dead. Because of the AZ bill and the will of the citizenry there, the lying-misinformation machines, Hispanic organizations, and socialist organizations have sent a letter to the FCC to get rid of “their version” of hate speech; which is any speech against them and their evil causes. The common citizen does not know how much they are against. The press and other media, organized unions and socialists, even their own government- the whole crack neighbor hoods (as you say) are against the citizen’s freedom. The common citizen needs to stay vigilant and organized to fight these evil cohorts!