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Thursday, November 18th, 2010 -- 10:47 pm
WASHINGTON — In the four months since Arizona passed a harsh immigration law the southwestern state has lost an estimated $141 million in visitor spending, a study said Thursday.
Meetings and conferences canceled in protest at what critics considered draconian, anti-immigrant measures would also cost the state nearly 2,800 jobs over the next two to three years, The Center for American Progress (CAP) said in its report.
It said the job losses would trigger over a quarter billion dollars in lost economic output and more than 86 million in lost wages.
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