Driven by immigration law, families flee Valley Park, Missouri. (St. Louis area)

Posted on: August 17th, 2006
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“This came out of the blue,” Molina said of Valley Park’s law, passed July 17. “For local governments to jump the gun, to do something like this, is dangerous. It’s reckless.”

“The city’s new law claims that illegal immigration leads to higher crime rates and overcrowded classrooms, destroys neighborhoods and diminishes the quality of life. In addition to fines for landlords, the ordinance imposes penalties on businesses that hire illegal immigrants.

The city passed the ordinance not because Valley Park has experienced widespread problems with illegal immigration, but as a “preventive measure,” Mayor Jeffery Whitteaker has said.”

I missed this story completely and it is in my neck of the woods.

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