The National Ledger is among the media outlets reporting the potential influx of immigrants into California and Texas as a result of Arizona's tough new immigration law.
Our Mission Viejo immigration lawyers and Costa Mesa immigration attorneys are monitoring the fallout of the Arizona law, which allows law enforcement to request identification from anyone suspected of being an undocumented immigrant. Violators can face detention and deportation.
The first sign that immigrant families may be leaving Arizona in large numbers is the drop in Arizona school enrollment among Hispanic students. While some argue enrollment is anecdotal, it followed a similar pattern after passage of an Arizona law in 2007. That law, which included sanctions against employers who hired illegal workers, resulted in about 100,000 immigrant workers leaving the state.
Thaindian News reports California, New Mexico and Texas are likely to see the largest uptick in immigrant families.
These same states have often been critical of the Arizona measure. As we reported on our California Immigration Attorney Blog, both Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles have passed boycotts of Arizona businesses in protest of the new law.
FOX News reports the data is unclear when it comes to gauging the exodus of Hispanics from Arizona. However, one Phoenix principal reported that 95 students have left the school system since the law was signed in late April.
The Arizona Republic reported another area school system was anticipating as many as 300 students would leave the district over the summer because of the new law.
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