A significant side effect to a number of "Mexicans stay away" ordinances has been economic downturn, particularly in areas in the midst of urban renewal.
Unfortunately, the wide net being cast by these modern day Know-Nothings affects not just illegal immigrants, but legal residents as well as budget bottom lines for towns and municipalities as they watch tax revenue drop when businesses close...or watch legal fees rise as the constitutionality of such legislation is contested.
Oh, and if you link to the article, you'll see it's not just the South that blames bad things on "outsiders." They do the same in Jersey...and almost certainly anywhere and everywhere else.
One other thing: I STILL haven't seen a single anti-immigrant wingnut speak out against the widespread employment of foreign nationals with dubious-at-best legality in New Orleans...perhaps the one place in this country where there really IS competition between them and local citizens for some jobs.
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