An interesting circumstance in my opinion. Since the Alabama law on immigration went into effect, the illegals in Alabama have been dwindling. Now come the reports of their shutting down segments of the Alabama economy. Specifically, the segments that seem to cater to their own culture and community.
I say good riddance. Let the Mexican groceries and restaurants close. They are catering to a criminal element to begin with. And if the chicken producers in Alabama don't want to hire Americans to do the jobs, let them fold up and leave too.
It's a very simply equation. If a illegal population moves in and takes the jobs of others and establishes their own economic system, specifically aimed at their culture? Something had to be circumvented, something had to be thwarted and something had to be replaced and eliminated. And that something would be the indigenous population of workers and businesses that existed prior to this invasion of illegals.
Alabama Hispanics protest
In the northeast Alabama town of Albertville, numerous Hispanic-owned businesses along Main Street had the lights off and signs that said they wouldn’t be open. Mexican restaurants, a bank that caters to Hispanics, small grocery stores and supermarkets were all shuttered.
Jose Contreras owns a restaurant and store on Main Street. He said he was losing about $2,500 in revenue by shutting down. “We closed because we need to open the eyes of the people who are operating this state,” said Contreras, originally from the Dominican Republic and a U.S. citizen. “It’s an example of if the law pushes too much, what will happen.”
Republican supporters say Alabama’s strict new immigration law was intended to force illegal workers out of jobs and help legal residents find work in a state suffering from high unemployment. The law allows police to detain people indefinitely if they are suspected of being in the country illegally and requires schools to check the status of new students when they enroll.
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