Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law

[LilOlLady]

Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law
Published July 02, 2011
| Associated Press

Tomas Martinez shouts slogans while leading thousands of people in a march through downtown Atlanta in protest against Georgia's strict new immigration law on Saturday, July 2, 2011 in Atlanta. On Monday, a Federal judge temporarily blocked parts of the law. One provision that was blocked authorizes police to check the immigration status of suspects without proper identification. It also authorizes them to detain illegal immigrants.
ATLANTA -- Thousands of marchers stormed the Georgia Capitol on Saturday to protest the state's new immigration law, which they say creates an unwelcome environment for people of color and those in search of a better life.
Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law - FoxNews.com

Unwelcome? Duh?


Read more: Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law - FoxNews.com

 

[Tank]

That would have been a good time to round up a bunch of them.

 

[LoVE]

it just makes me curious as to what they don't understand about the word " illegal" immigrant..

I do not begrudge anyone a chance for a better life.. but when you go after that life by doing something illegal it makes you a criminal for the rest of your life.

 

[Patrick2]

it just makes me curious as to what they don't understand about the word " illegal" immigrant..

I do not begrudge anyone a chance for a better life.. but when you go after that life by doing something illegal it makes you a criminal for the rest of your life.

How about them GETTING IN LINE with the LEGAL immigrants who want a chance for a better life?

 

[Annie]

They are just people searching for a better life. We have so much, increasing our spending isn't an issue. Those people in TN have every right to be bitter.

 

[Patrick2]

They are just people searching for a better life. We have so much, increasing our spending isn't an issue. Those people in TN have every right to be bitter.

How about them GETTING IN LINE with the LEGAL immigrants who want a chance for a better life?

 

[Annie]

They are just people searching for a better life. We have so much, increasing our spending isn't an issue. Those people in TN have every right to be bitter.

How about them GETTING IN LINE with the LEGAL immigrants who want a chance for a better life?

You need to familiarize yourself with OP poster.

 

[Angelhair]

What better life??? Our country is in dire straits! In about 2 years the better life you talk about will be NO MORE!!!

 

[Moving to USA]

They are just people searching for a better life. We have so much, increasing our spending isn't an issue. Those people in TN have every right to be bitter.

Do I detect just a little bit of sarcasm here???

If they really thought what we had was better, and they wanted it they would

learn to speak English
become legal
stop sending money back to their third world countries
stop trying to turn neighborhoods into little Mexico 2 instead of blending in

The only thing that they want is our money, and our infrastructure, every thing else indicates they want that and to turn us into the crap hole they "escaped" from.

I don't buy the they want a better life BS. They are here to suck us dry, then they will most likely move on and try it in Canada. Like freaking bean eating locust ravaging the fields.

 

[Patrick2]

Lots of them are here to loot the welfare state - come to LA and see what's going on.

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law
Published July 02, 2011
| Associated Press

Tomas Martinez shouts slogans while leading thousands of people in a march through downtown Atlanta in protest against Georgia's strict new immigration law on Saturday, July 2, 2011 in Atlanta. On Monday, a Federal judge temporarily blocked parts of the law. One provision that was blocked authorizes police to check the immigration status of suspects without proper identification. It also authorizes them to detain illegal immigrants.
ATLANTA -- Thousands of marchers stormed the Georgia Capitol on Saturday to protest the state's new immigration law, which they say creates an unwelcome environment for people of color and those in search of a better life.
Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law - FoxNews.com

Unwelcome? Duh?


Read more: Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law - FoxNews.com

I still dont understand why people support ILLLEGAL immigration? Do they not realize how much this hurts american citizens, legal immigrants, and foreign nationals who wish to immigrate here legally?

They are so insensitive supporting these lawbreakers at the expense of others.

 

[Patrick2]

Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law
Published July 02, 2011
| Associated Press

Tomas Martinez shouts slogans while leading thousands of people in a march through downtown Atlanta in protest against Georgia's strict new immigration law on Saturday, July 2, 2011 in Atlanta. On Monday, a Federal judge temporarily blocked parts of the law. One provision that was blocked authorizes police to check the immigration status of suspects without proper identification. It also authorizes them to detain illegal immigrants.
ATLANTA -- Thousands of marchers stormed the Georgia Capitol on Saturday to protest the state's new immigration law, which they say creates an unwelcome environment for people of color and those in search of a better life.
Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law - FoxNews.com

Unwelcome? Duh?


Read more: Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law - FoxNews.com

I still dont understand why people support ILLLEGAL immigration? Do they not realize how much this hurts american citizens, legal immigrants, and foreign nationals who wish to immigrate here legally?

They are so insensitive supporting these lawbreakers at the expense of others.

It's simple. the leftwing supports it because they see a future amnesty, and 20 million newly-minted democrat voters. Plus RINOs support it to provide cheap black market labor for labor-intensive industries, with all the huge social costs dumped on taxpayers.

 

[LilOlLady]

Get-tough immigration laws hurt Ga. farmers
Growers now are scrambling to find enough workers to keep their crops from withering on the vine and rotting on the ground. Each spring and early summer, thousands of undocumented workers, mainly from Florida, travel to Georgia and states further north to work. Charles Hall, executive director of Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Association, said farmers are finding only between 30 percent and 50 percent of the 11,000 farm hands needed to harvest their crops, producing a labor shortage that will hit the industry with a loss of $250 million.

The nation would be smart, and humane, to devise a way for hard-working illegal immigrants who pass background checks to begin a fair process of qualifying for legal status. This is not blanket amnesty. It is accepting reality for the greater good.

Get-tough immigration laws hurt Ga. farmers - Kearney Hub: Opinion

If they hire legal workers under the H-2A workers program they would not behaving this problem. But this is the reason they will not and I can only say "shut the fuck up and hire legal workers."


Employee Rights

An employer who files an application for temporary foreign labor certification pursuant to H-2A regulations must meet many specific conditions, including those concerning recruitment, wages, housing, meals, transportation, workers’ compensation insurance, tools and supplies, certification fees, labor disputes, and other conditions.

Workers who believe that their rights were violated under the H-2A regulations may file their complaints through the Job Service Complaint System, as described in 20 CFR part 658, Subpart E(http://www.dol.gov/cgi-bin/leave-do...ov/56&exitTitle=www.gpoaccess.gov&fedpage=yes).
H-2A workers and the U.S. workers hired under the job order may file complaints about non-compliance with H-2A labor standards with a local Wage and Hour Division office(U.S. Department of Labor — Wage and Hour Division (WHD) — WHD Local Offices). ETA or any State Workforce Agency will forward any complaint received about contractual H-2A labor standards between the employer and the employee to a local Wage and Hour Division office(U.S. Department of Labor — Wage and Hour Division (WHD) — WHD Local Offices) for appropriate action.
Get-tough immigration laws hurt Ga. farmers - Kearney Hub: Opinion

 

[LilOlLady]

Basic Provisions/Requirements
The H-2A temporary agricultural program establishes a means for agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring nonimmigrant foreign workers to the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature. Before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)(USCIS Home Page) can approve an employer's petition for such workers, the employer must file an application with the Department stating that there are not sufficient workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available, and that the employment of aliens will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers. The statute and Departmental regulations provide for numerous worker protections and employer requirements with respect to wages and working conditions that do not apply to nonagricultural programs. The Department's Wage and Hour Division(U.S. Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division (WHD) - About WHD) has responsibility for enforcing provisions of worker contracts.

Any employer who has been certified for a specific number of H-2A jobs must have initially attempted to find U.S. workers to fill these slots. Even after H-2A workers are recruited employers must continue to engage in "positive recruitment" of U.S. workers.
Employment Law Guide - Temporary Agricultural Workers (H-2A Visas)

 

[LilOlLady]

Thanks to the resulting labor shortage, Georgia farmers have been forced to leave millions of dollars’ worth of blueberries, onions, melons and other crops unharvested and rotting in the fields. It has also put state officials into something of a panic at the damage they’ve done to Georgia’s largest industry.

Get-tough immigration laws hurt Ga. farmers - Kearney Hub: Opinion

Farmers can pay illegal workers 1/2 the wages they would have to pay legal guest workers under the H-2A plus other beneftis. Illegal farm worker are the same cheap labor as other illegal wokers. Farmers like businesses are looking for illlegal cheal labor because it's cheaper.

 

[LilOlLady]

Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law
Published July 02, 2011
| Associated Press

Tomas Martinez shouts slogans while leading thousands of people in a march through downtown Atlanta in protest against Georgia's strict new immigration law on Saturday, July 2, 2011 in Atlanta. On Monday, a Federal judge temporarily blocked parts of the law. One provision that was blocked authorizes police to check the immigration status of suspects without proper identification. It also authorizes them to detain illegal immigrants.
ATLANTA -- Thousands of marchers stormed the Georgia Capitol on Saturday to protest the state's new immigration law, which they say creates an unwelcome environment for people of color and those in search of a better life.
Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law - FoxNews.com

Unwelcome? Duh?


Read more: Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law - FoxNews.com

I still dont understand why people support ILLLEGAL immigration? Do they not realize how much this hurts american citizens, legal immigrants, and foreign nationals who wish to immigrate here legally?

They are so insensitive supporting these lawbreakers at the expense of others.

It's simple. the leftwing supports it because they see a future amnesty, and 20 million newly-minted democrat voters. Plus RINOs support it to provide cheap black market labor for labor-intensive industries, with all the huge social costs dumped on taxpayers.

Why should we give a crap if illegal aliens feel "unwelcome"? Is that not waht we want to do?

 

[Ravi]

Thanks to the resulting labor shortage, Georgia farmers have been forced to leave millions of dollars’ worth of blueberries, onions, melons and other crops unharvested and rotting in the fields. It has also put state officials into something of a panic at the damage they’ve done to Georgia’s largest industry.

Get-tough immigration laws hurt Ga. farmers - Kearney Hub: Opinion

Farmers can pay illegal workers 1/2 the wages they would have to pay legal guest workers under the H-2A plus other beneftis. Illegal farm worker are the same cheap labor as other illegal wokers. Farmers like businesses are looking for illlegal cheal labor because it's cheaper.

Workers caught with phony documents could be fined up to $250,000 and get 15 years in prison — the same sentence for murder in Georgia.

That's. Really. Stupid.

I've noticed we had no Georgia blueberries in the store this year.

Fuck you, Georgia, choke on your idiocy.

 

[Kiki Cannoli]

Now consumers will pay more for produce, farmers lose money and will most likely need to lay off workers, stop buying equipment to maintain the farms, the truckers have nothing to deliver, the packaging companies suffer reduced revenues...and it goes on and on.

Legal immigration should be the standard; however the process needs to be more accessible. Which, of course, means bigger government.

Viscious cycle.

 

[LilOlLady]

Thanks to the resulting labor shortage, Georgia farmers have been forced to leave millions of dollars’ worth of blueberries, onions, melons and other crops unharvested and rotting in the fields. It has also put state officials into something of a panic at the damage they’ve done to Georgia’s largest industry.

Get-tough immigration laws hurt Ga. farmers - Kearney Hub: Opinion

Farmers can pay illegal workers 1/2 the wages they would have to pay legal guest workers under the H-2A plus other beneftis. Illegal farm worker are the same cheap labor as other illegal wokers. Farmers like businesses are looking for illlegal cheal labor because it's cheaper.

Workers caught with phony documents could be fined up to $250,000 and get 15 years in prison — the same sentence for murder in Georgia.

That's. Really. Stupid.

I've noticed we had no Georgia blueberries in the store this year.

Fuck you, Georgia, choke on your idiocy.

Who give a f*** about blue berries? I think Americans can live without bueberries or grow their own like I do. Georgia farmers can hire legal immigrants or bit the dust. They will learn after this how cheap illegal aliens worker really are. We just eat less blue berries but Georgia farmers got exaclty what they deserve. Aid and abetting illegal aliens by hiring them.

 

[LilOlLady]

Now consumers will pay more for produce, farmers lose money and will most likely need to lay off workers, stop buying equipment to maintain the farms, the truckers have nothing to deliver, the packaging companies suffer reduced revenues...and it goes on and on.

Legal immigration should be the standard; however the process needs to be more accessible. Which, of course, means bigger government.

Viscious cycle.

What part of "farmers can have an unlimited supply of immigrant farm worker through the H-2A temporary farm workers program" do you not understand?:evil:


Guest Worker Program
The H-2A agricultural guest worker program was passed by Congress in
1986 as part of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Since its
inception, the program has been the primary legal mechanism through which
U.S. employers have hired seasonal agricultural guest workers. To import an
agricultural guest worker under the H-2A program, an employer must first
meet the requirements set forth in statute and corresponding federal
regulations. Similarly, a foreign national seeking to enter the U.S. as an H-2A
guest worker must meet admissibility requirements. Both employer and guest
worker requirements are set forth below.

http://www.fairus.org/site/DocServer/h2a.pdf?docID=1621