Enforcement works in Gainesville – illegal aliens still here using taxi cabs…
Cab business up as fewer Latinos drive: Taxi owners cite immigration enforcement initiative 287(g)Gainesvilletimes.com
Written by Stephen Gurr
2008-06-01
The traffic is unusually light on a recent afternoon on Atlanta Highway — the center of Gainesville’s sizable working-class Hispanic population. But inside Jose Luis Diaz’s taxicab business, the calls come in at a rate of 600 per day. “I’ve been in this business seven years,” said Diaz, owner of Gainesville’s largest taxi fleet catering to Hispanics, Fiesta Cab Co. “I’ve never been busy like this.” Gesturing to a dispatcher taking a call inside a small windowed corner office, Diaz …
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