Posted on 03/23/2006 4:32:58 PM PST by petkus
ATLANTA (AP) -- Hispanics are being urged to refrain from shopping tomorrow and to stay home from work if possible to show their objections to a sweeping proposal to crack down on illegal immigration in Georgia.
Despite that, representatives of six poultry processing plants in the Gainesville area say they do not plan to close in anticipation of a shortage of workers.
Tom Hensley is vice president and chief financial officer for Fieldale Farms. He says all three of the company's plants in the Gainesville area plan to remain open.
Radio station Que Buena FM in Gainesville has been broadcasting details of the request that Hispanics refrain from spending money tomorrow in Hall County.
The bill is sponsored by state Senator Chip Rogers. It denies state services to adults living in the state illegally. It sanctions companies that knowingly employ undocumented workers, and also imposes stiff penalties on human trafficking. headed for a vote in the House tomorrow.
The bill then would have to be approved by the Senate, which has already passed a version by a 40-to-13 vote.
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Hmmm, any chance we can get them to boycott my state? Better yet, how about the whole nation???
Maybe they can boycott by going home (Mexico) and staying there.
Heck if they actually enforce it I might actually move there.
No Union that I know of!
Archbishop Wilton Gregory and Bishop Kevin Boland have been leading the opposition to this legislation!
You may note at the end of this article that the Spanish Language newspaper "HispanicMundo" has published the address and a map of the neighborhood of Senator Chip Rogers, the sponsor of this bill! Could this be interpreted as intimidation?
Georgia has been changed over the last 20 years by the large, unassimilated Hispanic population. The illegals are aided by the legals, and employed by Perdue-donor capitalists.
The law will never work. Who is going to pick the peaches now?
A guest worker program is needed.
So illegals.....why stop at Georgia? How about boycotting the entire US and just leave?
I have many Hispanic friends from Latin America, have traveled extensively in many Spanish speaking countries, and love the Spanish language and the diverse cultures throughout Spain, South and Central America. It has me fumed therefore when people are labeled as racist that want to stop illegal immigration. I would love to have more Hispanics in this country, as long as they are here legally. They are hard working, traditional and have fantastic food. Unfortunately, companies have begun to depend on the low wages that illegal immigrants provide. I don't have a problem with legal immigrants being provided the opportunity to work in low paying jobs, but companies like illegal immigration because it allows them to skirt the laws created by liberals to protect workers. All workers should have a level playing field, which illegal immigration discourages. Unfortunately, it's liberals, who are so in favor of good working conditions, who favor illegal immigration, which allows employers to completely skirt the labor laws. It's like slavery in the 21st century.
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Don't forget the low paid illegals drag down wages for citizens.
You hear a lot about how Americans won't do certain jobs. That's B.S. Americans will do any job, just not for the chump change the employers want to pay.
I remember a few years ago when most construction and landscaping crews went from primarily whites and blacks to pretty much all Hispanic crews. Something obviously happened on the wage side. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution actually had a very sad article a few weeks ago about a construction guy in Atlanta who became unemployed due to wage pressure from illegals. He said illegal immigration has completely changed the construction industry, and contractors simply turn their heads the other way. Americans wanted to do the jobs, but employers found people who would do them for less.
I've worked construction. Anglos need not apply any more. Been that way for about the last 10 years.
Yeah, I grew up in Charlotte, NC, and I remember the switch around in the mid to late 90s, so I'm sure it happened around the same time in the Atlanta area and the rest of Georgia. Within a span of a year or two, I went from seeing very few Hispanics to Hispanics working in every manual labor job. The change was faster than anything I've ever seen- it was like a whole new working class appeared overnight. In fact, growing up, the only time I had ever seen a Hispanic in Charlotte was at a Mexican restaurant. I wondered what happened to all the summer job kids I used to see as well as the experienced guys that worked these jobs. I see very few Anglos working construction or landscaping in Atlanta now.
Talk about biting the hand that feeds ya! Yeah, they really "appreciate" the USA.
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