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Surprise! Georgia has a farm labor shortage after banning illegals from working

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  1. geeimsobored

    geeimsobored Member

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    Well here we go.

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap...CCvsew?docId=3a803a96998e41b3be0be0611833b01f

    US High court to look at state immigration laws

    (AP) – 39 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on a politically charged law in Arizona targeting illegal immigrants.
    The immigration case stems from the Obama administration's furious legal fight against a patchwork of state laws aimed at stopping illegal immigration.

    Arizona and other states say the federal government is not doing enough to address illegal immigration and that states on the border with Mexico, including Arizona, are suffering disproportionately.

    The administration of President Barack Obama argues that regulating immigration is the job of the federal government, not states. Similar laws in Alabama, South Carolina and Utah also are facing administration lawsuits. Private groups are suing over immigration measures adopted in Georgia and Indiana.

    There are an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States and immigration has featured prominently in the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. It is likely to continue to be an important issue through the November election, when Obama seeks a second term.

    The Obama administration in its first two years failed in several major efforts to change immigration law but ran into opposition with Republicans making clear that anything suggesting amnesty for those in the country illegally would be rejected.

    The court now has three politically charged cases on its election-year calendar. The other two are Obama's health care overhaul and new electoral maps for Texas' legislature and congressional delegation.
    In taking on the Arizona case Monday, the justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked several tough provisions in the state's law. One of those requires that police, while enforcing other laws, question people's immigration status if officers suspect they are in the country illegally.

    Arizona wants the justices to allow the state to begin enforcing measures that have been blocked by lower courts at the administration's request.
    Many other state and local governments have taken steps aimed at reducing the effects of illegal immigration, the state says.
    Reacting to the court's decision to hear the case, Republican Gov. Jan Brewer said, "This case is not just about Arizona. It's about every state grappling with the costs of illegal immigration."

    The administration argued that the justices should have waited to see how other courts ruled on the challenges to other laws before getting involved. Still, following the court's announcement Monday, White House spokesman Jay Carney said, "We look forward to arguing our point of view in that case when the time comes."
     
    #101 geeimsobored, Dec 12, 2011
  2. Qball

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    I read "derp derp, I don't eat strawberries, derp". You're either a simpleton or just a troll.
     
    #102 Qball, Dec 12, 2011
  3. asianballa23

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    just make these illegal aliens pay a hefty fine for illegal entry, identity theft and "cut in front of the line" AND garnish 30% of their income for back taxes owed.
     
    #103 asianballa23, Dec 13, 2011
  4. mc mark

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    It just gets worse and worse for Alabama

    As Businesses Pull Out Of Alabama Due To Anti-Immigrant Law, Gov. Pleads With Car Companies To Stay

    First, farmers saw the immediate economic catastrophe in Alabama because of the state’s draconian immigration law HB 56 as immigrant workers fled and their crops rotted. Then two high-profile arrests of foreign autoworkers legally in the state potentially put international investment in Alabama at risk. As a result, business leaders are now joining the chorus of voices against HB 56 because of serious economic consequences the anti-immigrant law is having on the state — while the state’s governor is playing damage control with the four foreign automakers that employ tens of thousands of Alabamians:

    Gov. Robert Bentley, who signed the law, said he’s contacting foreign executives to tell them they and their companies are still welcome in Alabama.

    “We are not anti-foreign companies. We are very pro-foreign companies,” he said.

    And earlier this week, the business alliance in Birmingham, Alabama’s largest city, called for revisions to the law because the group worried the law was tainting Alabama’s image around the world. James T. McManus, chairman of the Alliance and CEO of the Energen Corp., said revisions “are needed to ensure that momentum remains strong in our competitive economic development efforts.”

    Sheldon Day, the mayor of Thomasville, Alabama, has already seen the reality of McManus’ concerns. After Day recruited a Canadian steel company to Thomasville in July 2010, he said 25 companies have visited the town about building plants there. But he told the Wall Street Journal that since the law went into effect, at least one company turned down a visit because of the immigration law. And Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group, a Chinese company that in March pledged to build a $100 million factory in Thomasville, is reconsidering its decision to build a plant in Alabama after the law went into effect.

    The mounting concerns among business leaders show a turning point for the immigration law. Already, legislators have weighed in about wanting to change HB 56, and state Attorney General Luther Strange admitted that parts of the harmful law need to be scrapped. For a law that could cost the Alabama economy at least $40 million each year, it should be clear how vital it is for lawmakers in Alabama to do something about the crisis HB 56 created.
     
    #104 mc mark, Dec 14, 2011
  5. Rocketman95

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    california is so stupid!!!
     
    #105 Rocketman95, Dec 14, 2011
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  7. rhadamanthus

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    Alabama immigration law now being used to deprive U.S. citizen children of food stamps.

    Withholding food from kids to "fight" illegal immigration. I hate people.
     
    #107 rhadamanthus, Feb 7, 2012
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