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Retailers and employers whose success depends on Latino business and workers have felt the pinch since Oklahoma’s anti-illegal immigrant law went into effect on Nov. 1. Some undocumented immigrants have left the state and others are reluctant to venture outside of their homes.
“There is a definite shortage of workers,” said Mike Seney, senior vice president of operations for The State Chamber, a business and industry group that represents 1,500 employers statewide.
With Oklahoma’s unemployment rate at just 4.2 percent of the labor force _ lower than the national rate of 4.7 percent _ contractors and businesses need workers to fill their labor pools, Seney said”*
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