Victoria, Texas (pop.55,000) is a town about 80 miles west of Houston.Local Hispanic leaders there, in opposition to pending anti-immigration legislation, boycotted all non-Hispanic businesses in the Victoria area this past weekend as a demonstration of their economic impact on the community. The boycott was declared a success by the Hispanic community, noting that revenue in Caucasian-owned businesses was down by 19%.
Business owners declared the boycott a success as well, noting that shoplifting was down by 77%, money orders sent out of the country were down by 97%, and the cost of daily clean-up and trash collection was down by 84%. Shoppers reported that they could actually hear English spoken throughout the community for the first time in recent memory, and customers actually paid for purchases with real money, not government debit cards.
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