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| AZ Businesses That Catered To Illegals Closing |
| 2010-09-30 |
| Latino business owners expect their financial hardships to continue as more of their regular customers move out of the state, said James Garcia, director of communications for the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. "They're leaving in droves, and they're leaving certain neighborhoods," Garcia said of Arizona's immigrant population. About 30 percent of Hispanic businesses are owned by immigrants, both legal and illegal, and most of them cater to other immigrants, Garcia said. Once those customers leave, business owners don't expect them to come back, he said. Many illegals are moving to New Mexico, California or the East Coast. The violence in northern Mexico is a barrier to their return, so Arizona sometimes offers flights direct to Mexico City for illegals. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #2 BTW: the very Latino oriented "Food City" supermarket chain is owned by the Bashas - a Lebanese Arab family with long roots in our state of Arizona. Being good businessmen, they closed the vast majority of their "Basha Supermarkets" and bought out the Mexican themed (pinatas, hundreds of Saints candles, Mexican branded foods & etc.) a few years back. Perhaps they outsmarted themselves? |
| Posted by: borgboy 2010-09-30 16:05 |
| #1 Just so they keep "La Estrella" bakery open on 12th avenue here in Tucson. Good cuisine is apreciated by all...btw they use E-Verify. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2010-09-30 15:55 |