Illegal Immigrant Communities Unravel

The Washington Post has this front page article today, lamenting the fact that the "Latino" (read: illegal immigrant) community is beginning to "unravel" in certain areas of northern VA due to the construction slowdown and stricter local law enforcement against illegals.

With Latinos fleeing the combined effects of the construction downturn, the mortgage crisis and new local laws aimed at catching illegal immigrants, Latino shops are on the brink of bankruptcy, church groups are hemorrhaging members, neighborhoods are dotted with for-sale signs, and once-busy strip malls have been transformed into ghost towns.

Sorry, but if communities have to pay high economic costs of illegal immigrants during a boom economy, then how costly will they be if the majority of them aren't working at all? It's too bad that some businesses might suffer, but catering to illegals is never a great business model.