Immigration Law

MATH

By Greg Siskind

Tomorrow the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in a case challenging the new Arizona immigration law, one of the nation's toughest and one credited with a rapid outflow of immigrants from the state. I saw two statistics this week that should give antis in the state some pause. A study by think tank PPIC found that 8.3% of people in Arizona are illegally present immigrants, the highest percent of any state in the country. The Phoenix Business Journal reports that the state unemployment rate is 3.9%. Who are all these Americans that are going to line up to do the work of the immigrants fleeing that state? Isn't it time to recognize economic reality and pass immigration legislation to make it possible for employers to legally hire the foreign workers they clearly need?

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on June 12, 2008 (boomark / email).