A delegation of nine state legislators from Sonora was in Tucson to say Arizona’s new employer sanctions law will have a devastating effect on the Mexican state.
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At a news conference, the legislators said Sonora – http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2921’s southern neighbor, made up of mostly small towns – cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools it will face as illegal Mexican workers here return to their hometowns without jobs or money.
The law, which took effect Jan. 1, punishes employers who knowingly hire individuals who don’t have valid legal documents to work in the United States. Penalties include suspension or loss of a business license.
Its intent is to eliminate or curtail the top draw for immigrants to this country – jobs.
The Mexican delegation, members of Sonora’s 58th Legislature, belong to the National Action Party (PAN), the party of Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderón.They spoke at the offices of Project PPEP, a nonprofit that provides job retraining for farmworkers and other programs.
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