A wave of illegal immigrants is flowing into Texas from Oklahoma and Arizona to flee tough new anti-illegal immigration laws in those and other states. Community activists say many immigrants have arrived in Dallas and Houston in recent months, even though few numbers are available because illegal immigrants are difficult to track.

The Houston Chronicle quotes Mario Ortiz, an undocumented Mexican worker who came to Houston after leaving Phoenix last year, as saying, “they’re really tightening the screws. There have been a lot coming (to Houston) – it could be a 100 a day.”

Dozens of new state and local laws aimed at curbing illegal immigration have caused the growing exodus. Oklahoma and Arizona have enacted the two toughest measures.

The Oklahoma statute, which went into effect in November, makes it a crime to transport, harbor or hire illegal immigrants. Effective as of January 1, the Arizona law suspends the business license of employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers. The license is revoked on a second offense.

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