OK Alipacers, the business cronies have been whining to Congress that they want another amnesty. Let's keep OUR pressure on, LET'S CALL, FAX ETC. THE SENATE AND DEMAND NO AMNESTY IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM!!
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The Florida Times-Union
August 18, 2007

Businesses won't let immigration reform die
By Walter C. Jones,
The Times-Union

ATLANTA - A coalition of Georgia businesses hasn't let up its campaign for immigration legislation despite seeing the issue bog down in Congress and criticism hurled its way.
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The coalition of 21 individual businesses and trade associations, called Georgia Employers for Immigration Reform, argues that the state's economy depends on immigrant workers and that the jobs of native Georgians could be lost if federal law stops the flow of aliens. It suffered a defeat June 29 when the Senate failed to stop a filibuster resulting in no vote on a bipartisan reform bill the group supported.

And a video has been posted on the YouTube Internet site by someone calling for a boycott against Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the state's largest chicken company and a leader in the coalition.

Still, coalition members are looking forward to another debate on the floor of the Senate.

"We've have a couple of skull sessions, and we continue to follow what the Congress is doing," said spokesman Jay Morgan. "We know that there are a lot of people who are having, shall we say, voter's remorse. They really didn't want the issue to die without a resolution."

During Congress' August recess, coalition members have met with some representatives and senators. At the same time, they've urged their employees to buttonhole the members of Congress with the same message.

To get the public on board, or at least dampen some criticism in this staunchly conservative state, the coalition has also run an ad in a Macon newspaper and on some radio stations.

"If Georgia producers, poultry processors and contractors can't find workers, they can't survive," the ad states. "And if Georgia's No. 1 industry - agriculture - fails, other local businesses, from grocery stores to fertilizer and farm machinery suppliers, will suffer. And so will the Georgians they employ."

But advocates for stricter immigration policies oppose the coalition, like Americans for Immigration Control.

"I hope they're not facilitating greedy employers who just want cheap labor," Immigration Control spokesman Phil Kent said of the coalition.

Kent said it's insulting to American workers to say they're not willing to take poultry-processing or construction jobs in place of illegal immigrants.

Morgan, on the other hand, says it's unrealistic to expect the 12 million illegal aliens already in the United States to simply return home or be deported.

Despite the tension, Morgan said the employers would keep fighting.

"We are business people. We know that these things take time," he said. "We are maintaining the coalition and the conversation."

(404) 589-8424 HITTING HOME Here are the Georgia companies that belong to the Georgia Employers for Immigration Reform: American Proteins Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., Georgia Branch Coggins Farms & Produce, Inc. Fieldale Farms Corporation Georgia Crate & Basket Co. Georgia Farm Bureau Federation Georgia Green Industry Association Georgia Poultry Federation Georgia Sweet Corn Growers Exchange Georgia Traditional Manufacturers Assoc. Georgia Watermelon Association Jet Farms Georgia, Inc. Longleaf Ridge Farms Magnolia Packing McCorkle Nurseries, Inc. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Riverview Plantation Southeast Dairy Farmers Assoc. Southern Nursery Association Wayne Farms, LLC. Winegrowers Assoc. of Georgia Source: Georgia Employers for Immigration Reform

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