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From Immigration Daily: A Video “Deport Them”

By immigrationprof

A 30-second TV commerical, “Drive Them Out” tells the story of a suburban community that passed a law penalizing any business that hired undocumented workers and any tenant that provided housing to these immigrants and the devastating effect on the community that resulted from the effort. The spot was prepared by Mexicans & Americans Thinking Together (www.MATT.org) and ran on CNN during — ironically enough — “Lou Dobbs Tonight.”  According to the Riverside (New Jersey) Landlords and Business Owners Coalition, 75% of the immigrants abandoned the city. As a result, 45% of businesses in the town had to close. To see the video ad, see here. To learn more, see here. Immigration daily welcomes readers to share their opinion and ideas with by writing to mailto:editor@ilw.com.

KJ