Georgia Gov. signs Arizona-style immigration bill into law

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By Jeremy Redmon

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Gov. Nathan Deal signed one of the nation’s toughest immigration enforcement measures into law Friday, thrusting Georgia to the forefront of this country's thorny debate over illegal immigration and triggering immediate threats of court challenges.

Georgia is now one of only three states to adopt this type of immigration law as efforts to get comprehensive immigration legislation through Congress have failed.

"While I believe immigration is an issue that ... should be addressed at the federal level," he told reporters at a state Capitol news conference, "this legislation I believe is a responsible step forward in the absence of federal action."

Deal and other supporters of HB 87 have hailed it as a victory for taxpayers who have borne the cost of illegal immigration in Georgia. A recent estimate by the Pew Hispanic Center puts the number of illegal immigrants in Georgia at 425,000, the seventh-highest among the states. Those illegal immigrants, supporters of HB 87 say, are taking jobs from state residents and burdening Georgia’s public schools, hospitals and jails.



http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/governor-signs-arizona-style-944703.html

 

[Zatch]

Oh noes! Immigration enforcement is so racits when the United States does it! Oh the humanity!

 

[Zatch]

http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/governor-signs-arizona-style-944703.html

The state Agriculture Department will be directed to study the possibility of creating Georgia's own guest-worker program. Some Georgia employers have complained the federal government's guest-worker program is too burdensome and expensive.

 

[nocompromises]

This is great!

 

[Stary Hickory]

I am all for enforcing immigration laws. A world in which there were no borders would also have to be a world in which coercive force was not used to take from some to benefit others.