July 16, 2010

Poll: Most Georgia voters want Arizona-style immigration law
By Jeremy Redmon


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Most Georgia voters would support a state law similar to the one enacted in Arizona this year to crack down on illegal immigration, a new poll shows.


The poll commissioned by the Georgia Newspaper Partnership asked registered voters across the state whether they would support giving "state and local law enforcement the power to ask people already stopped for possible violations of the law to show proof they are in the country legally and then arrest those that could not provide such proof."

A large majority -- 68 percent -- said they would support doing so, while 24 percent said they would not. The rest were undecided.

Douglas Genge, a high school science teacher from Lawrenceville, was among those polled who said he would support bringing an Arizona-style law here.

“We need to enforce our laws. And if the federal government is not going to enforce our laws, then the state has the obligation to protect us,â€