Doing it right? Sounds like they are giving aid and comfort to illegal immigrants.
Giving them aid and comfort by taxing them more? Immigration law is a federal responsibility. The state Georgia cannot deport people, only the feds can. All Georgia is trying to do is exact a penalty on illegals in a 'round about way. Anyone wiring to another country will have to prove they are citizens or here legally or pay the extra 5% tax. Some citizens and legal aliens are going to get hit with this if they don't have the proper documents when they go to wire money. Mostly though this will hit illegals. As it is, before this law they wouldn't get hit with this tax, now they will. The state of Georgia will benefit, and illegal aliens will pay a penalty tax on their earnings here they didn't have to pay before. I can't imagine how you think this is "giving aid and comfort to illegal immigrants."