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Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., denounces Arizona’s tough new immigration law April 24 in Tucson. Grijalva, who shut his Tucson office the day before because of death threats, called for an economic boycott of Arizona because of the new law, which he called racist.
By Alex Johnson
Reporter
msnbc.com
updated 11:41 a.m. CT, Thurs., May 13, 2010
Michael Clausen owns the Quality Inn in Nogales, Ariz.
For now.
Clausen says the hotel, which caters to people streaming across the Mexican border just seven blocks away, is in danger of closing, thanks to the state’s new illegal immigration law
and the official and unofficial boycotts it has inspired.
The Sunday night after Gov. Jan Brewer signed the law on April 23, “we had three rooms occupied out of 97 in the hotel,” Clausen said. At the border, there was virtually no line to get into the country, he said. Usually, the wait is 1½ to two hours.
“It just fell through the floor,” he said. “People stopped crossing the border.”
The nearby Tubac Golf Resort & Spa, built 50 years ago by Bing Crosby, saw more than $300,000 of business vanish in just a week as customers canceled reservations.
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