Immigration in Georgia

I think our new governor is a complete idiot! Pushing through an immigration law that mimics several others that have been blocked by federal judges is stupid. Shooting yourself in the foot is one thing, but he is shooting all of us in the foot, too. Between the farm workers and the construction crews, Nathan Deal has managed to force 60% of them to flee the state. Yes, there is still some construction going on, but this law will more than double framing costs, which is opposite of what the construction industry needs. I do need to point out that the construction industry is a victim of the recession, not an instigator. You can blame the big mortgage companies. On the farm front, between ripe produce rotting in the field and the drought, farmers are getting a double kick in the nuts. The survey being done by the Georgia Department of Agriculture has found that there are about 11,000 positions that need to be filled. Nathan Deal's solution? Georgia has 100,000 people on probation. 8000 of them live in farm country. 2000 of them are unemployed. Let them work the fields! Now, I don't know about you but, usually those who are on probation and unemployed are typically not motivated too much to work anywhere, much less a tomato field in 115° heat. How about homeless people? Are they next? There are over 20,000 homeless in Georgia. Maybe Deal will round them up to go work the fields! Some of them would make more money sitting on a street corner holding a cardboard sign. I know we need to come up with a solution to the immigration issue, but the patchwork approach by our state and federal government isn't working. The first line of defense is at those states bordering Mexico. That's where the federal focus should be. Maybe we could get out of Afghanistan and Iraq, where we accomplished our main goals, and start taking out the Mexican cartels, which are basically taking over Mexico.