Opponents ("mostly labor union members") of GA immigration law rally at Capitol

[pampango]

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

Several hundred people, mostly labor union members, rallied Saturday at the Georgia Capitol against the state's new law targeting illegal immigrants. It was the latest in a string of actions by opponents to protest the law.

The Rev. Al Sharpton told the crowd the law violates civil and human rights and will lead to racial profiling of U.S. citizens and others who are in the country legally. "We're going to stop it here before it goes any further to other communities," the New York-based minister and civil rights activist said. "We cannot have a nation where, based on your language or your race, determines your rights. Your rights must be determined by the fact that we're all equal."

The crowd at the Capitol was a sea of green T-shirts worn by members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The union is holding a young workers conference in Atlanta and sent busloads of people to the rally.

Starting Jan. 1, businesses with 500 or more employees must use a federal database to check the immigration status of new hires. That requirement will be phased in, applying to all businesses with more than 10 employees by July 2013. Also starting Jan. 1, applicants for public benefits must provide at least one state or federally issued "secure and verifiable" document.

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Opponents-of-GA-immigration-law-rally-at-Capitol-1459014.php

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Not sure if the PI meant to diminish the importance of the opposition by pointing out that it was organized labor or were just reporting the fact.

[aquart]

1. No terrified, soon-to-be bankrupt farmers on hand?

They couldn't stop crying in their fields?

[Crowman1979]

2. They're waiting for Jayzus to save them.

[Ragnarok]

3. If the law causes enough misery to businesses

...to eventually drive up on-the-books wages so they can at least get their crops picked, then it can be a good thing. More costly labor is better than no labor at all. If these businesses can't make money legally, paying a livable above the board wage, then they're not really a successful business anyway. They should probably go away. Land in the USA won't be allowed to sit for long without generating tax money - that's a given.