RIVERSIDE, N.J., Sept. 25 — A little more than a year ago, the Township Committee in this faded factory town became the first municipality in New Jersey to enact legislation penalizing anyone who employed or rented to an illegal immigrant.Read more here.
Within months, hundreds, if not thousands, of recent immigrants from Brazil and other Latin American countries had fled. The noise, crowding and traffic that had accompanied their arrival over the past decade abated.
The law had worked. Perhaps, some said, too well.
With the departure of so many people, the local economy suffered. Hair salons, restaurants and corner shops that catered to the immigrants saw business plummet; several closed. Once-boarded-up storefronts downtown were boarded up again.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Send Illegal Immigrants Home
Wait though, maybe we better think this thing out.....
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Odd, since I thought it was the PRESENCE of illegal immigrants that was destroying our economy, not their absence.
We should just legalize all immigration between the US, Canada and Mexico under NAFTA. Free trade means the free movement of goods and services. Labor is a service, no?
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