Drop in legal Mexican visitors hurts Southern Arizona

[Judi Lynn]

Source: USA Today

Drop in legal Mexican visitors hurts Southern Arizona
Posted 18m ago |
By Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY

NOGALES, Ariz. — The number of legal visitors entering Arizona from Mexico has plummeted amid the controversy of increased enforcement of state immigration laws.
Total cross-border visits into Arizona in the months after Gov. Jan Brewer signed the immigration enforcement law in April have fallen 17% compared to the same period in 2009, according to Customs and Border Protection data. The drop-off amounts to about 12,500 fewer people entering Arizona daily, the data show.

Four days after Brewer, a Republican, signed the immigration enforcement law, Mexico issued a warning to its citizens about travel into Arizona.

Across the entire Southwest border during that same time frame, where that law has not been an issue, lawful entries by land from Mexico fell by less than 7%, according to the data.

Erik Lee, of the North American Center for Transborder Studies at Arizona State University, said reduced tourism can be blamed on "a little bit of everything," but the net result is a big financial hit. "Southern Arizona's economy really depends on the relentless Mexican shoppers," he said.




Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-08-06-fewerlegals06_ST_N.htm

[boppers]

1. Who woulda think it.

:eyes:

[Bobbieo]

4. I woulda thunk it because I live on the border.

[boppers]

5. I was born and raised in/around Tucson, spent my first 30 years there.

I have a great deal of contempt for policies coming out of Phoenix.

[PSzymeczek]

9. I live close.

Just south of Sierra Vista.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Good.

[pinboy3niner]

3. So they're losing "the relentless Mexican shoppers," LOL!

Way to rub it in! :rofl:

[boppers]

6. It's not really an exaggeration....

People would come up from south of the border and *fill* their SUV's with US goods.

[izquierdista]

7. Yard sales too

Where do you think all that stuff at segundas in Mexico comes from?

[Downwinder]

10. The smuggling trade used to be goods to Mexico.

Washing machines, refrigerators, etc.

Has that all stopped?

[pinboy3niner]

13. I hear you!

That cross-border shopping often is important to local economies. I still couldn't help laughing at the writer's choice of adjective.

And for my appreciation of you, see my Post # 11. It's always good to see your contributions here, boppers! :toast:

[Kali]

8. another screwing over of Baja Arizona from the fucks in Maricopa county

we really should secede

[pinboy3niner]

11. LOL! Between Sheriff Joe in Maricopa and Sheriff Little Joe in Pinal...

...and all the decapitated bodies you have to step over in the streets, you have my deepest sympathies.

And it's always a pleasure to hear from the sane, rational Arizonans and fellow DU members like you. I think it's great that there are so many of you here who serve as a reminder to the rest of us not to engage in broad-brushing and state-bashing. We are, after all, in solidarity with you and what you are trying to do to fight the RW racist initiatives in your state.

Hang in there, and keep fighting the good fight!

[lunasun]

12. Hit Az where it hurts- in the pockets!!! nt

[pinboy3niner]

15. Absolutely. Boycott!

Rep Raul Grijalva was the first pol to call for a boycott of Arizona.


After Judge Bolton's ruling, Grijalva advised that the boycott be called off. But the ruling is a temporary injunction, and the battle continues. Many of us love Grijalva, but think he's wrong on this. We have no desire to hurt Arizonans, but we want to keep the pressure on the whacko RW AZ pols like Gov. Brewer. So, despite Grijalva's advice, NO ONE has called off the boycott.

[lobodons]

14. Republicans crashing the economy again, I see

Take the keys away from them already!! They should have one of those alcohol detection device thingy's so even if they get the keys they can't start the car in the future!!

[KurtNYC]

16. No one is an "illegal immigrant" until some American pays them to work here

the term frames the issue in a blame-the-worker way.