From the Associated Press via the Houston Chronicle via KRIV in Houston...

In Tulsa, Okla., the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has estimated that 15,000 to 25,000 illegal immigrants have left the area. One builder estimated that 30 percent of the Hispanic work force left Tulsa....

Which means more jobs for legal residents at competitive scales. Funny that while Liberal democrats pretend to be for "the worker" illegal immigration is something big business is for because it gives them an abundant supply of extremely cheap labor. The alternative is a fair wage for legal workers, which benefit the average working person, but hurts big business. Republicans, supposedly pro-big business and anti-worker, opposes the kind of leniency that allows rampant illegal immigration. seems the stereotypes aren't ringing true.

Enrique Hubbard, Mexico's consul general in Dallas, said a dozen Mexican families from Oklahoma have applied for consular documents listing their new homes in the Dallas area. He expects more to arrive because jobs are available in north Texas....

They're here illegally, yet the Mexican government keeps track of them?

Texas' reputation as a welcoming destination has experts predicting more immigrants will come to Houston and other cities in the state. Texas has not passed any statewide law targeting the employment of undocumented workers.

No, more illegal immigrants. Oklahoma welcomes legal immigrants, but the A s s. Press seems unable to comprehend the distinction. perhaps they perceive any dark-haired, brown-eyed, Spanish-speaking person as just another wet-back, and have no interest in bothering with further distinctions. That's what is normally considered to be racist, but it is the people who note the difference between law-abiding Hispanic citizens, law-abiding, legal immigrants, and law-breaking illegal immigrants, that are called "racist". How's that for turning logic upside down.

It occurred to me that Oklahoma's new law against illegal immigrants may be why we don't seem to be experiencing the economic problems other states are claiming to have. We  are having a surge of new, higher-paying jobs due to the exodus of illegal immigrants and the need for employs at a reasonable pay to fill those, now vacant, jobs.