Alabama immigration law a burden for small-town Thomasville (George Talbot)

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By George Talbot
Published: Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 8:29 AM


Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day

You can debate the merits of Alabama’s new immigration law, whether it was needed in the first place and how it should be changed. But you can’t dispute that it has thrown an international spotlight on Alabama, and in so doing has become an impediment to economic development in the state.

Put the politics aside and listen to Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day, a front-line soldier in the never-ending war for jobs.

“It’s hurt us,â€