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02/17/2008: "Immigrants flee Arizona as public mood changes"

The signs of flight among Latino immigrants here are multiple: Families moving out of apartment complexes, schools reporting enrollment drops, business owners complaining about fewer clients.

While it is too early to know for certain, a consensus is developing among economists, business people and immigration groups that the weakening economy coupled with recent curbs on illegal immigration are steering Hispanic immigrants out of the state.

[ They perceive it's no longer easy pickings and Mexico is actually more comforting, because people there understand them. Multiculturalism never works. ]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/us/12arizona.html?ref=us