Business owners notice drop in immigrant population – Deleon, Florida

Tough immigration laws and a tough job market are forcing legal and illegal Hispanic immigrants to leave the area in search of jobs elsewhere, according to business owners and community advocates. Some immigrants are even returning to homes in Mexico, they say.

Statistics aren’t available because the drop-off is still occurring and involves undocumented immigrants, who are not included in official population counts.

But the trend appears to be unfolding in communities that swelled with undocumented immigrants and people without families who moved here to find work during a construction boom in the mid-2000s. School district officials, however, say they are not yet seeing enrollment declines in Northwest Volusia schools — a likely indication that immigrants with deeper roots are choosing to stay, for now.”*

*From: www.news-journalonline.com
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