U.S. illegal immigrants 'self deport' as woes mount

Yahoo News ^ | December 23, 2007 | Tim Gaynor

[Clintonfatigued]

Mexican illegal immigrant Lindi sat down with her husband Marco Antonio in the weeks before Christmas to decide when to go back to Mexico.

She has spent three years working as a hairdresser in and around Phoenix, but now she figures it is time to go back to her hometown of Aguascalientes in central Mexico.

"The situation has got so tough that there don't seem to be many options left for us," Lindi, who asked for her last name not to be used, told Reuters.

The couple are among a growing number of illegal immigrants across the United States who are starting to pack their bags and move on as a crackdown on undocumented immigrants widens and the U.S. economy slows, turning a traditional Christmas trek home into a one-way trip.

In the past year, U.S. immigration police have stepped up workplace sweeps across the country and teamed up with a growing number of local forces to train officers to enforce immigration laws.

Meanwhile, a bill seeking to offer many of the 12 million illegal immigrants a path to legal status was tossed by the U.S. Congress, spurring many state and local authorities to pass their own measures targeting illegal immigrants.

The toughening environment has been coupled with a turndown in the U.S. economy, which has tipped the balance toward self deportation for many illegal immigrants left struggling to find work.

[Clintonfatigued]

If this is really true, than look for a the MSM to publish a bunch of hard luck stories about the poor, innocent “undocumented immigrants” being driven away by the mean, selfish, racist Americans.

[cripplecreek]

Adios amigos

[GregoTX]

Im sure they will be back to vote in the Presidential election.

[rb22982]

2 down, 13-20 million more to go. Go back, and work on getting legal. If Americans decide we need more labor, we’ll up the # of legal immigrants we allow in—but they’ll be at OUR discretion and everyone must follow due process. If have no problem with immigration but it needs to be 100% legal in accordance with US Laws.

[Mears]

Good !

[GOPJ]

If this is really true, than look for a the MSM to publish a bunch of hard luck stories about the poor, innocent “undocumented immigrants” being driven away by the mean, selfish, racist Americans.

The MSM is so predictable...

[truemiester]

I bet many are taking absentee ballot witht hem.

[pallis]

This might help solve Mexico’s labor shortage in time to manufacture Chinese cars and build the new seaport. It will upset US businesses that thrive on cheap, subsidized labor.

[b4its2late]

Don’t let the door hit ya, where God split ya!

[hunter112]

"Meanwhile, a bill seeking to offer give many of the 12 million illegal immigrants a path to legal status amnesty was tossed was threatened by the a coalition of liberal Democrats and spineless RINOS in the U.S. Congress, spurring many state and local authorities to pass their own measures targeting safeguarding their communities from the costs of illegal immigrants.

There, fixed it!

[Clemenza]

I can tell you anecdotally that many Brazilians and Ecuadorians have been self-deporting from New Jersey due to the drop in the value of the dollar. The Brazilians are going back to Brazil, while the Ecuadorians are going to Italy and Spain, where they can earn in Euros (Ecuador uses the dollar as its currency, albeit without small change).

Haven't heard anything about restauranters and contractors complaining about a shortage of labor, so I assume that the local Guatemalans and Mexicans have been slower to return than the aforementioned two nationalities.

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

She has spent three years working as a hairdresser

Yeah, no American would want to work as a hairdresser. Especially American's just getting out of school for it.

Just doing the jobs that American's are willing to do is more like it.

[Clintonfatigued]

“Just doing the jobs that American’s are willing to do is more like it.”

True, but illegals do commit crimes that Americans otherwise wouldn’t commit.

[max americana]

The liberal media does this everytime when it comes to illegals:

1) sob story

2) sob story that involves LATINOS all the time.

3) sob story that involves LATINOS all the time and blames it on the ‘corrupt, racist USA”.

so predictable...

[Rembrandt]

Oh, boo friggin’ hoo. My tears are dropping into my glass of tequila and every hombre knows that tequila and tears don’t mix well.

Hey, amigos, don’t let the border hit you on your donkey as you head south.

[Kevmo]

Sounds good to me. Bringing to the attention of the AFIRE ping list.

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According to Intrade, the winner of the December 12th GOP debate was... Duncan Hunter.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938773/posts

[ought-six]

Good riddance. I want them out of my country. If they want to play by the rules and come here legally, let them stand in line with everyone else and do things the right way. My mother had to do it that way, so, so should they.

[sixthousandrpm]

But I thought illegal immigrants have no divided loyalty towards America?...(while marching through Los Angeles streets waving a Mexican flag, chanting ‘the border crossed us’ and sending remitances to Mexico).

They’re Americans too! After all, we’re a nation of immigrants, right?

[GATOR NAVY]

"I want to get as far away from here as possible."

Sniff...pass me a tissue please.