Local Businesses Suffer Immigration Fallout
posted 7:18 pm Wed October 17, 2007 - Woodbridge, Va.
After months of build-up, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors finally voted on an immigration reform plan, and local business owners are already feeling the effects. "My business is down by forty percent," said restaurant owner Cecelia Morales.
Some of her customers have left Prince William County altogether because of it's stand on immigration reform.
While education and health care are protected by Federal Law, Prince William County can now limit who works here by requiring anyone who applies for a business license to prove they are legal residents.
Woodbridge resident Jose Guerraro said he plans to get an I.D. to prove his U.S. citizenship in case he's stopped.
"It's not good, there's going to be a lot of problems after this," Guerraro said.
Some of her customers have left Prince William County altogether because of it's stand on immigration reform.
While education and health care are protected by Federal Law, Prince William County can now limit who works here by requiring anyone who applies for a business license to prove they are legal residents.
Woodbridge resident Jose Guerraro said he plans to get an I.D. to prove his U.S. citizenship in case he's stopped.
"It's not good, there's going to be a lot of problems after this," Guerraro said.
Latest Comment on Local Businesses Suffer Immigration Fallout
Tuckmeister
10:02 am on 10/19/07
What all these people who say "we all came from immigrants", "our grandparents and parents came from other countries to Ellis Island..." blah blah blah. There is one thing I have to say: get your facts STRAIGHT. Laws were DIFFERENT back in the late 1800's early 1900's. Now we have NEW laws that people must abide by. Plain and simple. I don't want to hear the "we're all immigrants" crap. We're NOT. I was born and raised in this country. I'm not an immigrant. My parents were born and raised in this country. They're not immigrants. I did not come from immigrants. My parents did not come from immigrants. My grandparents did back in the late 1800's and early 1900's, but were born here in American, but laws allowed such things to legally happen. There were also LEGAL DOCUMENTS and PAPERS to complete when they immigrated to this country. So you illegal alien supporters quit your whining and crying and get your facts straight, and why don't you leave with the illegal aliens if you are so sympathetic towards them (his_wify27)! Good riddance! It's NOT a race issue, it just so happens that people of different races ARE IMMIGRANTS to this country! I hate idiocy. Well said obvious, I totally agree with you.....
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