100,000 Latinos Left Arizona In Wake of SB 1070 resulting in approx. loss of 7 billion dollars

According to report 100,000 Latinos Left Arizona In Wake of Immigration Law. The report suggests that this loss will negatively affect Arizona’s economy: According to its numbers, immigrants produce nearly 12 percent of the states’ gross domestic product. 
Even in a single sector such as construction, researchers state, a loss of 15 percent of immigrant labor would translate to a loss of nearly 7 billion dollars.


Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2010/11/11/arizona-immigration-law-caused-hispanic-exodus-study-says/#ixzz15wPVFSY