Fleeing Phoenix out of fear of immigration law

I just posted a reply to this LA Times knee-jerk article about the sufferings of local AZ businesses, due to Arizona's enforcement of FED LAWS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS against illegal immigration. Look for the byline DEGOBOY

Fleeing Phoenix out of fear of immigration law

Removing illegals from a state or neighborhood would not have much effect upon the already battered dismal economy. Arizona's UE rate matches or exceeds the 9.7% nationwide UE rate, and the states economy was already being shattered by plummeting RE values way before SB 1070 took effect.

Here in CA the economy went into recession starting in late 2007 and really nosedived in Sept/Oct 2008. CA has 3 million illegals and likely 10-15 million legalized green card immigrants. Having this huge population of immigrants did not prevent CA from having a 12.7 % UE rate(Real U-6 UE rate is 20-25%) or having plummeting RE values. The economy tanked regardless of CA's large 'industrious' immigrant population.

Removing large numbers of illegals from any given ghettoized LA hood heavily impacted by illegals, such as lennox, Wilmington, Maywood, Jefferson park, Pico-Union, Rampart, Boyle Hts, ect. would not effect these already severely blighted hoods one bit.

Yes, some local businesses which set up in these hoods will suffer and even close but so what! We are seeing a nationwide epidemic of business bankrupties due to this severe recession. LA Times tear-jerking article about local shops being effected by Arizona's SB 1070 seems to be a case of special pleading against enforcing our Federal & State immigration laws.