Georgia agri-business lines up behind Chambliss, Isakson on immigration reform
Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 06:08 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Just got off the phone with Wayne Lord, a vice president for governmental affairs with Pilgrim’s Pride, the largest chicken company in Georgia, and the United States as well.

He’s up in Washington, trying to build support for the immigration reform package now being debated in the U.S. Senate.

Lord is also chairman of Georgia Employers for Immigration Reform, a group of 25 or so major businesses that are backing the play of U.S. Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, who helped negotiate the bipartisan compromise.

The group is one of the reasons the two Georgia feel comfortable sticking their necks out on this highly volatile issue.

“All of us as business leaders are very grateful for the leadership of senators Chambliss and Isakson,â€