August 6, 2010
NOGALES, Ariz. - Amid speculation about how many illegal immigrants may be leaving Arizona under the pressure of new enforcement laws, a reverse phenomenon has gone largely unnoticed at the Mexican border:
The number of legal visitors entering from Sonora, many of them to spend money, has plummeted.
Total cross-border visits into Arizona in the months after Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 fell 17 percent compared with the same period in 2009, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. Four days after Brewer signed SB 1070 on April 23, Mexico issued a warning to its citizens about travel in Arizona.
The drop-off amounts to about 12,500 fewer people entering Arizona daily.
Across the entire southwestern border during that same time frame, lawful entries by land from Mexico fell less than 7 percent.
To read more, click here.Post by [Chengwin Saephanh]
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