Economic thought

Thinking about the Economy

With our country’s current economy state I can’t help but wonder how the Arizona Immigration Law will affect the economy in Arizona and in the nation as a whole. The number of immigrants in Arizona is 991,584 (in 2007). It is clear by the shear number of people, that immigrants are important to Arizona's economy, labor force, and tax base. Immigrants and their children are a growing economic and political force as consumers, taxpayers, and business owners. In fact, immigrants comprised 19.3% of the states work force in 2007. They play a key role in the growth of future America. Will this new law keep foreign-born business owners from starting businesses in Arizona? Will this keep tourist out of AZ and could it encourage current residents to? Governor, Jan Brewer, assures the people that this is not the case. She says, "The bottom line is that when I go about meeting with businesses that come into Arizona ... they want to know that we have a safe and secure environment into which to move their businesses here," Brewer said at an Arizona Town Hall event in Tucson. "They want to know that their employees are going to have a quality of life that they've had in the places where they're moving from to move here." It will be interesting to what kind of effect this new law will have, hopefully if things go think Brewer think that will, it will have a positive effect on the economy. Maybe Arizona will play a major role in leading the nation in what immigration reform should or shouldn’t look and help our economy grow as well.


http://immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/new-americans-grand-canyon-state

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/26/arizona.governor.immigration/index.html