Towns Rethink Laws Against Illegal Immigrants - New York Times - The Diigo Meta page

• 27 Sep 07
  

  Ted Perlmutter

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  • 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.
  • So last week, the town rescinded the ordinance, joining a small but growing list  of municipalities nationwide that have begun rethinking such laws as their legal  and economic consequences have become clearer.
  • Muzaffar A. Chishti, director of the New York office of the Migration Policy  Institute, a nonprofit group, said Riverside’s decision to repeal its law —  which was never enforced — was clearly influenced by the Hazleton ruling, and he  predicted that other towns would follow suit.

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