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Is This More Proof That Self-Deportation Of Illegal Immigrants Will Work When ?

Is this just another example of what needs to be done? If we make employer's follow the law we wont have any worries about having to round them up. They will go home on there own and apply the right way to get into the US. Agree Y/N? I am not aware of anyone who would track that locally," said Glen Solier, business development specialist for the Lee County Department of Economic Development. "Those people are off the grid. Undocumented," said Susanna Patterson, economic analyst for the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. But the oh-so-human snapshots of everyday living are revealing. Like a weekend soccer league down from 32 teams to 25 because more than 100 players have had to leave. Or a church that has cut two Sunday services to one because about 200 former members have returned to their homeland. Or the western-wear clothier who gave up one of his three shopping center units and said business is off by 40 percent because customers are gone. Put these and other pictures together and the collage tells the story of Hispanics who are leaving Southwest Florida to find work or to return to the support of their families back home. http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080309/NEWS01/803090424/1002

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Some of it may be due to enforcement. But a lot of it's probably just the slowing economy.
I agree that if employers have employee verification and only hire those that have a legal right to be here, then those that cannot work would leave. There have been several reports on this exact issue, and how it is working. My state finally banned issuing Drivers Licenses to illegals. In DMV's that were once filled to the brink and had lines out the door, you can now walk into and be in and out in no time at all. Rule of Law is a wonderful thing.
Yep. Interior enforcement does work. In fact, it's the only thing that will... which is why our presidential candidates will only talk about border security. They think that as long as they talk tough about the border, we'll magically forget that they are deliberately soft on interior enforcement.
Of course it works. It's common sense. I'm glad to see that it IS working too.
I heard that walmart is thinking about opening up some stores in mexico to help get the illegals back there. I am all for the enforcing laws on immigration and on employers who employ illegals. And i'm for walmart doing what they are doing as long as 1.)they don't steal jobs from us. 2.) as long as it doesn't cost a thing for us, which it probably will.
Yes. This is what I always say - enforce the law!
Doesn't say anything on what effect it had on welfare programs. State should step in a check the people on welfare. The ones screwing the system get them back to work instead of sitting on their a$$.
The proof is every where, Arizona, Oklahoma, when laws are enforced illegals leave in large numbers. Once we make America less attractive, they do self-deport.
They did not self deport, they went on to a different state. Still in the good old US of A.
Yes, Oklahoma recently witnessed this. They say Arizona did also. Its a good thing!! The only problem is they are flocking here where I live ( Texas). And believe me we are already waaaayyy too swamped with them.
if usa wants it can deport every single illegal immigrant within a month but they wont do it considering deportation might screw up our human resource department
I believe it is. I also believe the economic slowdown in several industries many of them work in is helping as well... i.e. construction = everything from concrete to roofing and beyond. I hope they are returning home and not just moving on to devestate and destroy another region of the US.
Many will try other states before they go back to their home countries, but most will move back in time. The deportations of the rest will not be nearly as difficult to prosecute as what's on the ground right now. It is actually a good thing for them to try other states first. That will help speed up the adding of new states to the list of those who pass laws against hiring illegals. Also, the economic problems, the Day Without A Mexican scenario, will really happen. We will have to wise up and "Man Up" as a country and learn to tell the difference between wants and needs.