Thread: Concerns rise over immigration bill's effect on Alabama econ

Concerns rise over immigration bill's effect on Alabama economy
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 11:14 PM EDT Updated: Jul 08, 2011 11:15 PM EDT
By Melissa McKinney

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - -

"The immigration bill that the legislature passed requires businesses for the first time to use e-verify--an electronic system to determine the legal status of their employees," says Alabama State Senator, Bryan Taylor.

This part of Alabama's new immigration law makes folks like Jose Llanes worry about Alabama's economy.

"This is a disaster for farmers. Farmers cannot sustain this overtime. They will simply go broke."

Llanes is a professor at Auburn University and has studied the impact immigration has had on Alabama.

He says many illegal immigrants are here because "they're being hired by Alabama's own businesses."

He says they're providing labor for the farm and poultry industries other residents won't do.

"You're bent over, you're carrying things, you're sweating like a pig," he says.

Llanes estimates roughly 1/3 of Alabama's Hispanic population is here illegally. That's about 50,000 thousand people.

And while he doesn't think it's right, he wonders what would happen without them.

"It's not welfare for Mexicans. It is a need for us to stabilize our agriculture production. And the only way you can do that is with legal labor--labor you can import," adds Llanes.

"Much of this bill is not novel, we're just trying to enforce the federal law because it's not being enforced at the federal level," says Senator Taylor.

Llanes believes the country needs a policy allowing businesses to hire undocumented workers as long as the government knows about it.

Senator Taylor believes there will probably be more court challenges to the law. It could force the legislature to re-work the bill.

The law goes into effect September 1st.

http://www.wsfa.com/story/15051896/conc ... ma-economy

Jose, Americans have been farming and working in slaughterhouses since there was farming and slaughterhouses. Sure, there are dishonest Americans who want to cheat and short-cut their fellow citizens especially black citizens who used to work in farming and slaughterhouse operations, just like there are dishonest Mexicans, who want to cheat and short-cut earning a living by stealing someone else's in another country.

If Alabama farmers and businesses refuse to hire from the hundreds of thousands of unemployed and underemployed Americans in your state, pay them a sustainable wage with appropriate benefits, then your farmers and businesses will suffer the consequences.

And while apparently you've never had to bend over or sweat like a pig to put food on your table, millions of Americans do this every day all over our land, so there's no reason on earth why Alabama farmers and businesses can't figure out how to find and hire 50,000 from the hundreds of thousands of unemployed in your state and put them to work.

WE have at least 12 guest worker programs. This is a lie. They can get visa holders and then make sure they go back home when finished. If they advertised, they could get kids to pick as they can't get other jobs. I use to pick in the fileds when I was young. Parents should encourage their kids to work the farms. We need to get back to teaching our kids the benefits of hard work.

Originally Posted by agrneydgrl

WE have at least 12 guest worker programs. This is a lie. They can get visa holders and then make sure they go back home when finished. If they advertised, they could get kids to pick as they can't get other jobs. I use to pick in the fileds when I was young. Parents should encourage their kids to work the farms. We need to get back to teaching our kids the benefits of hard work.

Absolutely. Articles like this are just globalist pity party whining placements because the states are waking up and putting an end to the Great American Sell Out.

Hang tough, Republicans. DO NOT BEND ONE DEGREE. DO NOT GIVE AN INCH. DO NOT STOP FOR A SECOND.