Immigration Crackdown Alarms Ohio Workers or Tough talk on immigration worries some Hispanics in Ohio county

“At his Tienda La Raza grocery store and restaurant, Jose Bravo sells Spanish-language DVDs and Mexico soccer jerseys, chorizo sausage and chopped cactus. Lately, there has been another hot seller - one-way bus tickets out of here. “People that had been in the United States for a while, who were planning to stay, now they feel scared,” Bravo said. He said he has sold at least 10 tickets in recent weeks to people who are moving to Michigan or other parts of Ohio, or who have decided to go back to Mexico.

Tough talk on immigration over the past year in Butler County has alarmed some of the area’s immigrants, many of whom work in construction in this booming area midway between Cincinnati and Dayton.”

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