Nathan Deal says he’d implement Arizona-style immigration laws
Arizona just took its place in the Georgia race for governor. This from a press release issued by the Republican campaign of Nathan Deal, the former congressman:
“I agree with the Arizona governor and Legislature that the federal government has failed miserably at protecting our borders and enacting sensible solutions that would protect our states, counties and cities from bearing the enormous costs associated with illegal immigration, from emergency room visits to public schools to the criminal justice system,” said Nathan Deal. “As governor of Georgia, I’d work to pass and sign similar legislation.”
The necessary background from the Associated Press:
Under the new Arizona law, immigrants unable to produce documents showing they are allowed to be in the U.S. could be arrested, jailed for up to six months and fined $2,500. That is a significant escalation of the typical federal punishment for being here illegally — deportation.
People arrested by Arizona police would be turned over to federal immigration officers. Opponents said the federal government could thwart the law by refusing to accept them.
Supporters of the law said it is necessary to protect Arizonans.The state is home to an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants and is the nation’s busiest gateway for people slipping into the country. [Arizona Gov. Jan] Brewer has ordered state officials to develop a training course for officers to learn what constitutes reasonable suspicion that someone is in the U.S. illegally.
More from Deal:
“It’s perfectly appropriate for state laws to complement federal laws. States are within their 10th Amendment powers to draft laws that deal with a huge, dangerous problem.
“States along the southern border have faced war-like conditions triggered by the violence of drug cartels,” Deal continued. “What we’ve seen historically in Georgia is that problems trickling over the border eventually flood over the border and strongly affect our state.”
Don’t be surprised if other Republicans quickly join in.
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172 comments Add your comment
Raquel Morris
April 27th, 2010
6:48 pm
Take the bait, Republicans.
Yankee in Gooberville
April 27th, 2010
6:51 pm
And if there was only some way to identify them…perhaps making them wear something. Say a star on their clothing. And make it yellow so they stand out. One could say that would be the Republican Final Solution to the Immigration Problem.
Byron Mathison Kerr
April 27th, 2010
6:52 pm
Yet another reason that Nathan Deal is not even on my gubernatorial radar.
JL
April 27th, 2010
6:54 pm
Former President Bush promised to close the borders and discovered that fences alone don’t help. Maybe we need to increase the border patrol but please not the National Guard because they are not trained as border patrol agents.
States can and should be able in increase the size of the police force if necessary to fight crime. If there is a crime problem in AZ, it is local law enforcements and elected officials problem and they should clean it up.
By the way, I could be illegal. .
Randy the Republican
April 27th, 2010
6:57 pm
Let’s keep it rollin’ make it the law in EVERY state!!!
JL
April 27th, 2010
6:58 pm
Do you suppose that Nathan Deal would support this.. Please pass the microchip law
I think we should catch ’em, we should document ’em, make sure we know where they are and where they are going,” said Pat Bertroche, an Urbandale physician. “I actually support microchipping them. I can microchip my dog so I can find it. Why can’t I microchip an illegal?
“That’s not a popular thing to say, but it’s a lot cheaper than building a fence they can tunnel under,” Bertroche said.
Pat Bertroche, an Urbandale physician and one of seven Republicans running in the 3rd District Congressional primary,
http://iowaindependent.com/32926/install-microchips-in-illegal-immigrants-gop-candidate-says
IB
April 27th, 2010
7:02 pm
Please make it to law in Florida too. We can’t find jobs, but every single “illegal immigrant” is holding some type of job, from house keeping to restaurant servers, casino workers. Marriage fraud is blooming and illegal immigration is out of control.
melvin polatnick
April 27th, 2010
7:03 pm
Montezuma`s revenge was once the diarrhea of Americans when they visited Mexico, but his revenge has now been upgraded. He is now sending 50 million hungry peons across the Mexican border. The ancestors of murderous Cortes will know how it feels to be enslaved by working long hours for little pay. It took many years, but Montezuma has finally gotten his long awaited revenge.
Shawn
April 27th, 2010
7:07 pm
Who carries this type of paperwork everywhere the go though? So does this mean if you look Mexican they can just ask you for your documents…what if they are at home, then what? This was NOT thought out carefully. More than HALF of illegal immigrants are working for Republicans anyway. They work on farms…for little pay to support their families. This is actually going to hurt more than help. Prayers go out to the TRUE citzens of Arizona.
JL
April 27th, 2010
7:13 pm
Would Nathan Deal be willing to enact a law stating that homeowners are responsible if illegals are mowing their yard, painting or doing handy man chores and will be fined $1000.00. The word knowingly is intentionally missing. Businesses should be fined more.
AZ passed a tough law against businesses hiring illegals but they did not enforce it.
Intowner
April 27th, 2010
7:20 pm
FIrst thing we do is chip all the white people so we know they’re safe and legal, since they have their papers… Then you don’t have to actually carry your identification papers with you like in the old USSR days b/c it’d be in your arm~
Illegals take the jobs lazy white kids won’t take because it’s beneath them – just ask the owner of a restaurant – poor work ethic, etc. Same in the construction industry – the builders i would talk to talked about how wretched native born workers of both ethnic persuasions were, and the dedicated workers were the illegals.
The hiring market for illegals is there for two reasons – the one everyone talks about (low wages) and the one that doesn’t get talked about (lazy US citizens who make crappy workers)
Me
April 27th, 2010
7:31 pm
What is wrong with you people? Illegal is illegal period. When did we start worrying about the rights of people who should not be in this country in the first place? Maybe you make enough money that you don’t mind paying for every other countries poor and maybe you don’t mind the extreme amounts of violence that is coming across our borders. If not, I suggest you move to the AZ – Mexico border and live there. When you are the constant target of drug cartels maybe you would change your mind. When you can’t get a job maybe you would change your mind. When your kids go out, would you feel safe in knowing that they will be back? If you don’t live in this area and don’t feel the effects first hand, your opinion means squat. Oh wait, I know, maybe you should just blame Bush. That is all you and your president seem to be able to do nowadays anyway. I am sick and tired of working hard every day to pay for other countries poor and to pay for bailouts and further fund your spending obsessed president. And here is a tidbit of information for all of you…. Bush is not president, is not running for president, will never be president again… GET OVER IT!!! Obama needs Bush to blame for all of his failures. That is the rule to politics, make the people scared and then tell them who to blame.
JL
April 27th, 2010
7:35 pm
What happened to keeping Federal Government small. If AZ has a problem with crime, they need to deal with it. New Mexico is on the border and they seem to be able to deal with it. I’m willing to pay more in state taxes to fight crime, are you? By the way Bush did have eight years to deal with the immigration problem.
I could be an illegal. .
gun collector
April 27th, 2010
7:35 pm
bring an illegal to your home to do work . next time you leave home you have a breakin. happened to me 3 times . all 3 went yo jail.
Midwayman
April 27th, 2010
7:36 pm
Those of you who don’t like the law should vent your anger not at AZ, but at the Federal Government, which for many years – including the Bush years – did nothing about the illegal invasion of our southern border. Now it is creating huge problems in schools, health care, the state budget, and employment.
The USA is the only developed country that does not enforce its immigration laws. It is a shameful neglect of federal responsibility for cynical political purposes, and it has to stop. Both parties are guilty, and I admire the “cajones” of the AZ governor and Nathan Deal to take a stand.
Here’s an idea: try entering Canada or particularly Mexico illegally and see what happens to you.
James
April 27th, 2010
7:38 pm
Deal is exactly right! He just got my vote!!
Johnny Reb
April 27th, 2010
7:41 pm
Pass it, arrest thm and put them on a bus or train home. If from over seas, a C140 can carry a lot of weight.
willie bradshaw
April 27th, 2010
7:42 pm
Its about time that states across rhe nation like arizona are finally taking steps to stop the war-like invasion of Mexicans cross the border illegally, and and steps should also be innitiated to stop legal immigration as well. The country of mexico has been at war with the USA, and Texas etc. Inn the past and they supported Hitler during World Wars 1 and 2, and are a communist 3rd world country. that joins our border. And make know mistake about they are attempting a takeover of the USA, through ECONOMIC PENNETRATION (another form of warfare) and the Illegals coming overto the USA are buying houses, getting on welfare, reproducing and corrupting the economic and socials systems that rightfully belong to americans, These practices have been going own for many years , and the federal government just keeps giving in to amnesty programs etc.and as a result, MEXICO has darn near taken over the USA. We can’t have the same relationship with Mexican Immigrants illegally in the country as we do with other nationallitys of immigrants over the world because their just across the Rio Grand (border) and as law makers have admitted seemingly uncontrolable as far as their illegal entry in to the USA. Those Mexican Illegals Hate Americans they have contempt for us , think the USA should belong to them already, and they are breaking every law they can break. They have no respect for Americans.and It is the duty of the USA government to stop them before the USA is taken over and we are taking our flag down and putting up the Mexican Flag. I don’t want to be under communism myself, and as a Texas , and a US Citizen. I will do what I can to stop it, and I hope other states will work together with the US government to send a message to the Illegal Mexicans cartels etc and to the Country of Mexico, that the People of the USA are fed with their attemted takeover of the USA. Our borders should be closed to trade, and immigration and enforced with the US Army in order to Immediately stop the problem and the states should have authority to protect their own constituency and those rights should always belong to the states. thanks WDB.
Larry
April 27th, 2010
7:53 pm
We fought and died for our freedom. Why do we expect less of these cowards sneeking across our boarder?
TW
April 27th, 2010
8:13 pm
AT least we’re not pretending to be Christian anymore!
MD
April 27th, 2010
8:27 pm
Good it is way past time we started enforcing laws that were made to protect AMERICANS.
mena
April 27th, 2010
8:37 pm
Why you all keep saying MEXiCAN’S get educated illegal inmigration not only from Mexico!! PERU,SALVADOR ,HONDURAS ,COSTA RICA, ARGENTINA,CUBA,U.K,ASIA,INDIA,CHINA ETC….. BY THE WAY 911 came trough CANADA fliyingggggg!!! they had green card’s.
You all make me sick so much ignorance in in one big bundle..
Love u
Dalton Whitfield
April 27th, 2010
8:44 pm
Mr. Deal why did you not take some leadership in the House of Representatives and do something there? If you couldn’t do it at that time, then I am certain you won’t be able to do it later as Governor.
Sassylady5683
April 27th, 2010
8:44 pm
About time that America stepped up to the responsibility plate and protect our citizens. Do the right thing and go through the process to be in America. I could not go to any other country and live without documentation. Truth be told, illegal aliens are a burden to our system.
willie bradshaw
April 27th, 2010
8:57 pm
I might add that the state of Oklahoma and Arizona are the only states that are getting tougher on mexican illegals . Texas should also follow them soon with this same tough legislation, It was reported on the local news in december of 2009, that Texas now has over One Million Mexican illegals in the state of Texas. I am a Democrat living in Texas,Born in Texas, I have known a lot of residents that are of Mexican decent, and their decendents also once fought to gain indepenence from Mexico, that feel the same way as I do concerning our relations with Mexico, and the states rights to protect US Citizens as well as the US governments responsibility to control the border in and by whatever means necessary. All the talk on the news concerning racial profiling is a bunch of BS. and undermines the rights of the people to be free in their own country. the mexicans should stay in their own country, and they wouldn’t have to worry about racial profiling or (getting caught). before they can buy property in the US. Currently its a win win situation once here they buy property. have children, if caught ,their family rents their houses illegally to renters that don’t now enough to check the courthouse records. and their familys forward the rent money on to them in Mexico. (MONEY LAUNDERING) the American Dollor, and any children born here automatically become citizens, and so its a continuous cycle that must be stopped ASAP or WE won’t have a USA any more, and we will be under Mexico. Thanhs WDB.
Cutty
April 27th, 2010
9:13 pm
Isn’t Mr. Deal’s comments on the federal government an indictment of his performance, or lack thereof, while in the House of Representatives?
Monroe Burbank
April 27th, 2010
9:16 pm
I think conservatives’ irrational fear is showing again. You people deserve Nathan Deal. You know what he did for me as my congressman for 8 years? NOTHING. There is not one extra job in Pickens County because of anything he did. This guy ran unopposed 8 times because you numb-nuts would continue to re-elected him each and every time, and he continued to deliver nothing. His constituents set the bar for him so low it was laying on the ground. And they did so gladly.
I swear to God, this mindless, nonsensical conservative ideology is going to drive the state into the ground. Are there any true conservative critical thinkers out there? These politicians are playing you for a bunch of fools.
Yeah, bring on the personal attacks. After all, personal attacks are the last vestige of a clueless conservative.
Billy
April 27th, 2010
9:17 pm
I have a better idea won’t we nuke Mexico and eradicate ALL mexicans and foreigners that way we will never ever have to worry about illegal immigration.
Puddin Tain
April 27th, 2010
9:17 pm
“I agree with the Arizona governor and Legislature that the federal government has failed miserably at protecting our borders……”
Let me get this straight. Nathan Deal was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1992. He conveniently changed to a Republican in 1995. All told in Washington for 18 years as part of the “federal government.” I don’t recall his introducing legislation on immigration during any of that time. Gee, I wonder why this legislation is so important now?
Kudos to Damon Whitfield for calling him out.
pete
April 27th, 2010
9:19 pm
keep freedom free
Billy
April 27th, 2010
9:20 pm
Hey Larry, you didn’t fight and died for anything you just happened to live here now with the luxury of a microwave, etc … Don’t say we when you haven’t sacrificed a thing, last time I checked that America was built on slavery!
Billy
April 27th, 2010
9:23 pm
Hey Willie Bradshaw, I think when you owe 13 Trillion to other countries, how dare you say that we don’t own the USA. Isn’t when you don’t pay the money back that you don’t own the property????
pete
April 27th, 2010
9:24 pm
no deal
Deal Real Steal
April 27th, 2010
9:25 pm
Deal, Real, Steal – you couldnt get anything down in 18 years in congress. Why should we think you can accomplish any thing as Governor. I cant believe you are actually moving forward.
KP
April 27th, 2010
9:29 pm
This law is nothing more than legalized racial profiling. How will we apply this law to the illegal Canadians. Hasn’t Arizona just made appearing Hispanic a crime? A better question is why do we have illegal immigration in the first place? Are these millions of illegal immigrants robbing banks and murdering people everyday? Or are they working at jobs that American Employers hired them to do because its cheaper than hiring legal American Workers? Start arresting people who employ illegal immigrants from the CEO to the plant managers. When American Employers are serious about only hiring legal workers, see how fast the illegal immigration problem solves itself.
uno
April 27th, 2010
9:31 pm
The Office of Congressional Ethics recently released a report alleging that recently-retired Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) was guilty of violating House rules by improperly using his office to push policy that would benefit his family’s auto salvage company. Deal for Governor – not!
BitterEXdemocrackkk
April 27th, 2010
9:32 pm
Compel Gov. Perdue to ACT swiftly!
TW
April 27th, 2010
9:33 pm
All this white jealousy over the Mexican work-ethic is pathetic.
Deal ought do something about the teenage pregnancy and meth problem that has flourished in North Georgia under his negligence.
Mexicans wouldn’t have any place to work if it weren’t for all the lazy white trash that don’t want to work.
Mexicans are better workers, better family men, better Christians and lazy white trash redneck can’t stand it.
Trash.
Billy
April 27th, 2010
9:33 pm
Yes we need more leadership from corporations that helped Americans like Enron, Worldcom, Bernie Madoff, AIG, Goldman Sachs, Meryll Lynch, Countrywide, etc … because they are TRUE americans that will help us Americans get our economy back on track. All these illegal immigrants are at fault that we are at War and spent over $1 Trillion in Iraq, they are the reason that all the corporations outsourcing to India, China, etc … and moving all the good paying jobs, they also at fault that the stock market crashed, they are at fault that us greedy americans were buying houses, cars, etc that we can’t afford, they are at fault that we are in $13 Trillion in debt owing countries like China, Japan, Germany to fuel our need spending more than we earn, they are at fault that we Americans snort cocaine up our noses, hey they are even at fault for 9/11, the Oklahoma bombing, they are at fault for GM, Ford, etc going bankrupt, they are at fault for over 130 banks failing due to mismanagement of money and of course they are at fault that rich Americans don’t want to pay taxes! Whew we should just nuke Mexico
Billy
April 27th, 2010
9:35 pm
Maybe we should allow the Native American Indians decide what should happen since they really own the country unlike everybody else that claims it
Not Going To Use My Usual Name
April 27th, 2010
9:38 pm
The difficulty will be in enforcement. Citizens of the United States do not have to carry papers to prove it, period. Pretty sure the fourth amendment covers this. They’ll have to have a reasonable reason to check papers, because citizens don’t have to show them. I’m also pretty sure skin color won’t count as a reason, and speaking a non-English language would also be a hard sell to hold up in court.
This is really silly.
Billy
April 27th, 2010
9:42 pm
One more thing to ALL of us American Citizens! Do not ever run a red light, speed, run a stop sign, talk on your cell phone while driving, let your kids drive if they do not have a learners, or any other ILLEGAL activity because that will make you a criminal as well! Please do not forget that! Just because you got away with it one time doesn’t mean it never happened!
C-Lo
April 27th, 2010
10:02 pm
Aren’t the mexicans just taking the land that we stole from them back?
You Distort/We Deride
April 27th, 2010
10:14 pm
Beef up the borders, amend the constitution to DISALLOW citizenship for persons born on American soil, establish workable quotas for migrant\seasonal workers, pass legislation mandating English as the official language, enact a fair tax, and VOILA, Americans take back America and legal immigrant
Mexicans can vie for the jobs on a need basis.
Shoot, elect me instead of Raw Deal.
You Distort/We Deride
April 27th, 2010
10:15 pm
Persons born on American soil without an American parent, I should have said…couldn’t read the teleprompter. Sorry.
Not Going To Use My Usual Name
April 27th, 2010
10:20 pm
You mean sweat ruined the notes on your hand?
NR
April 27th, 2010
10:46 pm
The ignorance and bigotry on this board is breathtaking.
Klaus Wuschmann
April 27th, 2010
10:51 pm
I lived in Germany for 6 years. The people there were very nice. They spoke English with me on some occasions, but expected me to speak German with them as well, since I lived there for so long. When I visited the government offices, no one spoke English, and all their official papers were in German without translation into English. They explained to me that I lived in Germany by choice, and if speaking German in an official setting upset me, then I could very easily leave and move to an English-speaking country.
Those bloody Germans. Man, are they backwards.
The Cynical White Boy
April 27th, 2010
11:02 pm
Nathan says he’ll get tough on illegla immigration.
Thurbert says he’ll refuse to sue anybody, anywhere, for any reason.
Obama runs to Ohio at the drop of every hat to promise another bailout for something or another.
Sonny sees to it that some good ol boys have nice new fishing boat ramps.
It’s the same old tune being played over and over, just a different verse to different audiences.
republican gal
April 27th, 2010
11:23 pm
About time someone started enforcing the immigration laws! Go Arizona and yea Nathan Deal!
so disappointed
April 27th, 2010
11:28 pm
I’m so disappointed on the people that are writing such negative things about illegal people. Has anyone stopped for a second to think and to realize that we are speaking about PEOPLE, human biengs. I’ve never been to AZ or know anyone that lives there, but in the whole country there is crime, even in the cities/states that no one ever hears about, once in a while some crazy white kid tries to kill everyone in school for example, i dont mean to be racist, but that’s what it seems like with most of the comments on here. #1 not all illegal people are from MExico, #2 most illegal people now did not come in this country illegally, many overstayed their visas, which doesnt make it any better but they did come to the country legally. # of the illegals came when they were very young they were brought here by their parents, and have actually been raised here and would like an opportunity to succeed. Lets not stereotype, just because some are criminals doesnt mean all of them are too. Many people came here for better lives, And unfortunately have not been giving a change to apply for at leat a permit to b here, so alot of what’s going on is b/c of the governmnet, this should have never happened, It’s like kids, as a parent we have to teach our kids to do the right thing but when they do something wrong it’s not all their fault is our fault b/c we have to teach them right well same thing with the gov’t if they would have made chages along time ago, taht way illegals wouldn’t b able to cross the border, if it wasnt so easy then they wouldnt do it. The language problem, that’s also something the gov’t chose to do, if they have spanish speaking reps welll, …..Bottom line is that you cant be so cruel, and it’s allways better to have track of the people that are here, but filling up jails with innocent people instead of cracking down the REAL criminals is not going to do any good, Remember dont stereotype, just b/c the group of hispanics you brought home broke in doesnt mean every hispanic/latino is a criminal.. This is so sad….
Mark
April 27th, 2010
11:30 pm
I support the new law in AZ. I hope all states including GA implement similar laws. I want my city, county, state and federal taxes to go towards supporting following Americans, especially in this time of need, hardship and unemployment. While my heart goes out to all people from all countries my fellow Americans come first. Interestingly enough, and maybe I have just missed it, but I would love to hear from if not all then just one of the protestors what their solution to this mess would be!
Keith
April 27th, 2010
11:31 pm
Simple – put the army on the border and shoot to kill ANYONE who comes across illegally.
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 27th, 2010
11:34 pm
Okay, Al Sharpton…why are you marching for the rights of illegals when most of the Americans out of work are Black. I want my thirty acres and a mule! Why are you helping them? In a few years, they will be calling us the N-word!
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 27th, 2010
11:36 pm
Cynical White Boy, I agree with you…same old story for all the politicians.
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 27th, 2010
11:48 pm
Okay Everyone, there is a misconception that Blacks are for illegal immigrants getting amnesty. I am here to tell you that is so far from the truth! The majority of Blacks in America do not want amnesty for illegal immigrants from Mexico, Central America and South America. Why should they get first dibs on citizenship when there are people from Haiti, countries in Africa and other places who would like to become US citizens. I agree there must be immigration reform to cut the red tape but those who are here illegally should not be allowed to become citizens unless they pay back for the services they used, i.e., health care, education costs, etc. and pay a hefty fine of $20,000 per person. If not, they should be on the fast track back to their country. Also, why don’t they go back to their countries and march for better treatment and resources?
In the larger cities, Hispanic gangs are taking over. They are bloody and cutthroat. We can’t accommodate our own criminals, now Mexico is dumping them out of their prisons and letting them free to come to America. And, what sickens me the most, is when Hispanics have the audacity to compare their plight to the Civil Rights Movement. Blacks in America marched for their rights as USA citizens. How can one feel so pompous as to think you should force a country to take you? I am calling on all Americans, Black, White, Red and Yellow to put aside our differences and come together to force Congress to pass effective and non-amnesty immigration reform!
Finnius J.
April 27th, 2010
11:49 pm
Yes, they must wear a yellow patch w/ a 5 point star on all their clothing and say “Juden”. Mark all their businesses, homes and cars w/ the same yellow markings! Create a new sub-department of the Homeland Security called the “SS”. (Secret Security department) charged w/ detaining and eliminating all who do not “comply” vith all new immigration directives. Soon we will have a country that is pure and free of all inferior races and their scum offspring! Keep it going AZ! Way to repeat history, you idiotic, inbred, morons!
Finnius J.
April 27th, 2010
11:51 pm
Oh yeah, I forgot, Nathan Deal is a perfect example of the type of idiot we need to NOT elect for anything!
Obey the Law
April 27th, 2010
11:55 pm
The law allows us to shoot and kill anyone breaking and entering our homes. By the same token, the same law should allow us to shoot and kill anyone entering into the US illegally, as soon as they step onto the US soil. There is no difference. Illegal is illegal, whether it’s at home or on national level. You willingly break the law, you choose to be shot and killed!! If you don’t want to die, stay in your country, or apply for legal immigration!
Alabama Communist
April 27th, 2010
11:57 pm
Well there goes Gwinnette County and Buford Hwy if Deal is elected!!!!!!!! Good Grief! Where do these Nazi’s Republicans come from?
Richard
April 28th, 2010
12:01 am
I now have a candidate for Governor… Go Nathan Deal…..
Obey the Law
April 28th, 2010
12:08 am
Nathan Deal just got my vote!! It’s about time our politician has promised to do something that is so long overdue! I fully support what AZ is doing and I hope ALL states will follow! If anyone wants to come live in the US to improve their lives, do it legally! I will welcome you with open arms when you arrive in the US legally. If you are here illegally, the new law should scare you into going back to your country.
Yep
April 28th, 2010
12:16 am
Illegal immigrants are simply illegal. When we recognize that those living here with all the benefits of citizenship without the burden of contributing to our society through paying taxes, etc. are destroying our country, only then will people act. Go to social services, social security or a hospital emergency room you will hardly see an english speaking person applying for benefits or any type of assistance. Illegals are not even required to show an ID to get welfare or housing benefits in this country. Guess what they are doing? Stealing from the American Taxpayer.
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 28th, 2010
12:18 am
Obey, Yep, Richard…I agree!
soul
April 28th, 2010
12:19 am
Wow as soon as this legislation is attacked the racists come out of hiding! All of you racist republicans are real angry on the internet but how many of you would kick them out of the country when they are cutting your grass, building your homes, etc?
The Republicans show that the only way they can pose any sort of opposition is to pander to fear and ignorance. Do any of you racists realize the amount of money that Arizona is going to lose because of this? You are all for individual rights as long as they are white people. You are all finally being exposed for the racists that you are and the fight back against this bill is coming from all over the country.
BOYCOTT ARIZONA!!
Mel
April 28th, 2010
12:24 am
Yankee in Gooberville, I couldn’t agree more. Sounds awfully familiar… kinda like two dark periods in history… the Holocaust and just after the Emancipation Proclamation. This sets a really dangerous precedent and opens the door for all sorts of harassment and discrimination.
Yep
April 28th, 2010
12:25 am
I guess it is coming down to this… If you pay taxes and want to protect your children’s future you must be a racist!! That word is so worn out and the use of it so pathetic!
Since only half of the people in this country actually pay taxes of any kind anyway, I guess the other freeloaders don’t mind someone else providing a handout to other like minded individuals. Look at what is happening to our schools, healthcare and other entitlements. You would think that the freeloaders would want to protect their ride for a few more years?
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 28th, 2010
12:31 am
Soul, I guess I am racist too by your standards or are you going to call me an Oreo. Soul, you better wake up and look out for you American brothers and sisters…Do you realize how many Black families are affected by the lack of jobs?
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 28th, 2010
12:33 am
I am voting for Nathan Deal for governor if he is taking a hard stance on illegal immigration. Nathan DEAL, (D)eport (E)very (A)lien (L)aw!
Obey the Law
April 28th, 2010
12:33 am
Another thing, I cannot understand how children of illegals born in the US get automatic US citizenship. That needs to change. Children of illegals born on US soil are NOT US citizens. They are also ILLEGALS!!!! This only encourages more illegals to sneak into the US to bear babies to give them US citizenship. Not only is this wrong, and unfair to the many legal residents who wait at least 5 years for it and study for the citizenship tests, , but the illegals are also getting free maternity care at US hospitals without paying a dime.
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 28th, 2010
12:37 am
The 14th amendment was meant to protect former slaves and ensure they had all the rights of every other American citizens. It really shouldn’t apply to the children of illegal immigrants but will unless another constitutional amendment is passed stating that at least one parent must be an American citizen.
betterthingstodo
April 28th, 2010
12:38 am
As an eighth generation GEORGIAN I will gladly carry my birth certificate, marriage and or divorce records whatever the state asks for to prove I have a right to be on this soil called Georgia, as long as it will run EVERY illegal alien out of this state and back across the border into Mexico or whatever country they are from. As a matter of fact, they should pack and head back as soon as possible and beat the rush.
Billy
April 28th, 2010
12:41 am
Yeah let’s shoot all the mexicans and send the black people back to Africa so they can stop complaining about their 40 acres and mule. Maybe we can get Arizona and Deal to start that movement too! if there are no Mexicans than there are no illegals, if there are no black people than there would be no ghettos. White people make this country great. Oh wait the problem is that they don’t want to get their hands dirty, they rather engage in Wall Street ponzi schemes, and suck their fellow Americans dry.
How many Americans lost their Pension due to Enron and Worldcom?
I think that majority people on this board, Jan Brewer and Deal should go back to school and get educated because ignorance can actually be cured!
Maybe if Americans would stop buying Samsung, Nokia, Sony, Toshiba, Toyota, Honda, etc than we can take the country back Oh Wait if that is the case we would only have Cars and electronics that would stop working after short period of use, gas guzzlers and cars that break down a lot so that we can keep buying parts and at 100,000 miles have to buy a new because that is the American way.
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 28th, 2010
12:43 am
Further explanation on why the children of illegal immigrants should become citizens. If we take that incentive away, then illegal immigration would decrease.
http://www.14thamendment.us/birthright_citizenship/original_intent.html
Also, deport the illegal immigrants who already have children who are citizens and arrange with the Mexican government to set up clinics in the borders cities of Mexico. Mexico will pay for health care for their citizens and the US will allow the parents to buy a health care policy under the new health care reform that was passed. There should be no free care!
Obey the Law
April 28th, 2010
12:44 am
I’m with “betterthingstodo”! I may not be an eighth generation Georgian, but I will do whatever we the citizens are asked to do if that means ALL the illegals are pushed out of Georgia, and America and sent back to wherever they came from. And if they try to sneak back to the US again, see my earlier comment above, ie, shoot and kill the minute they step onto the US soil.
Billy
April 28th, 2010
12:46 am
Hey African-American, the Republicans don’t want you either. You say that blacks are affected by lack of jobs, that is because the corporations don’t want to hire you because you are only drug dealer, ball player or want to be a rapper. If it was up to the Republicans you can pack your stuff too. I heard plenty of Nathan Deals & Jan Brewers that will only befriend blacks if there is some type of benefit to their agenda
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 28th, 2010
12:48 am
Billy, Toyota has crashed and burned (literally). Ford is back on top! The products that come from China are not up to par and contain dangerous chemicals. Japan is still producing quality but they learned from Americans. Americans just need to get back to the basics…education and community and not focus on “I gotta have all the toys”!
Billy
April 28th, 2010
12:50 am
African American, you cry about illegals taking jobs what about these big corporations that outsource thousands of GOOD paying jobs to India, China, etc. they build plants overseas and employ thousands of people but I guess you just aim for the chicken plucking, cotton picking jobs, since the illegals are your competition
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 28th, 2010
12:52 am
Billy, I am sure you can’t find a job because you can’t write a decent sentence with correct punctuation. Apparently, you live in the ghetto with the drug dealers if that is all you know. In my community, I am surrounded by Black attorneys, physicians, educators, engineers, scientists and corporate executives.
Obey the Law
April 28th, 2010
12:54 am
“Births to illegal alien mothers are adding more to the U.S. population each year than did immigration from all sources in an average year prior to 1965. ”
This is a direct quote from the 14th-amendment-birth-right website. http://www.14thamendment.us/birthright_citizenship/consequences.html (no, this is not phishing…this is a legit site).
Billy
April 28th, 2010
12:54 am
Ford is back on top??? How? they just went totally under, if it wasn’t for the Toyota incident they would still play catch up. Hey it may have been a set up for the American Car Makers to get a chance. Japan learned from us, are you serious??? #1 Japanese are education driven, they go to school 6 days a week for 10 hours, we have one of the worst education system period. In Germany they take 13 subjects per semester including chemistry, 2nd languages like English, Latin or French, Physics which is mandatory. Sonny is trying to cut schools to 4 days per week. Come on Buddy, do your research and get off the bandwagon
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 28th, 2010
12:57 am
Billy, I am concerned about those who aren’t college educated who need jobs taken by illegal immigrants. You should also be concerned. The members of your family need more money to purchase couches for their front porches attached to their trailers. Plus, without a job, you can’t enter afford the entry fee for the local cow-tipping and hog-calling contest.
Billy
April 28th, 2010
12:57 am
Well if you are surrounded by doctors, attorneys, etc. what are you talking about blacks can’t find a job/??? Since you are so educated name one global enterprise owned by a black, you can’t because all of them are owned by us Americans!
Billy
April 28th, 2010
12:59 am
Well at least I know that our law enforcement won’t shoot and kill a white american
African_American_USA_Citizen
April 28th, 2010
1:03 am
Billy, read my previous post…
Joan Moon
April 28th, 2010
4:24 am
Why can’t the ordinary American citizen have a hotline number to report illegals?
Not Going To Use My Usual Name
April 28th, 2010
4:44 am
Y’all need to worry less about the 14th amendment and a little more about the 4th amendment. No way will this law stand up in court. All someone has to do is say “I’m a U.S. citizen,” and the police have zero right to demand documentation without cause.
Tater Tot
April 28th, 2010
5:44 am
Sure, lets get rid of em all and get out in the fields and pick our own tomatoes and
BitterEXdemocrackkk
April 28th, 2010
5:46 am
Why not get current Gov Perdue to follow AZ Governor Brewer? Why wait for Nathan? DO IT NOW,
Sonny!
Iknowanidiot
April 28th, 2010
5:58 am
You can NOT WALK across the border from PERU,SALVADOR ,HONDURAS ,COSTA RICA, ARGENTINA,CUBA,U.K,ASIA,INDIA,CHINA ..and here in GA MOST illegals ARE from MEXICO!!!!
beaudarvil
April 28th, 2010
6:06 am
@ Yankee – What is your suggestion for a solution then? This situation is not sustainable. Cities and counties are going bankrupt trying to support the flood of illegal aliens who sap services and resources but don’t pay in to the ’system’. What do we do then? You seem to think we should all pretend these aren’t predominately Hispanic folks but you offer no solution. Something tells me this problem hasn’t directly affected you yet so you find it easy to judge. I wonder how you’d feel if you owned a ranch in Arizona…
No OX, Noo RAW DEAL, Nooo LINGER LONGER JOHNSON, Noooo KING ROY
April 28th, 2010
6:51 am
Looks like Deal & his partner are going to get the contract..
THE NAME SAYS IT ALL
Buzz G
April 28th, 2010
7:17 am
There is a reason why illegal aliens are called illegal. And if there is to be any justice, someone will have to be responsible enough to enforce a just and necessary law. It is refreshing to see there are still some politicians at the state level who are willing to do the right thing even if they get ridiculed by the liberal media.
Josh M
April 28th, 2010
7:35 am
If you’re one of the people comparing this to the Nazis, congratulations, you’re one of the dumbest people on an AJC message board. And that takes a WHOLE lot of dumb.
Bill
April 28th, 2010
7:41 am
It would seem to me that this law would require EVERY person to carry an official ID. Perhaps something like a National Universal ID card.
ken fuller
April 28th, 2010
7:41 am
Nathan’s campaign is gasping for air. We are seeing his last futile attempts to change the poll numbers and his method is shameful. Pandering to the haters and bigots seems to be the Republican litmus test and Nathan is praying it causes amnesia among the voters of his ethics problems. I pray it will not work.
Ivory
April 28th, 2010
7:42 am
Shawn,
Everyone has to carry identiication! Wake up!
Who carries this type of paperwork everywhere the go though? So does this mean if you look Mexican they can just ask you for your documents…what if they are at home, then what? This was NOT thought out carefully. More than HALF of illegal immigrants are working for Republicans anyway. They work on farms…for little pay to support their families. This is actually going to hurt more than help. Prayers go out to the TRUE citzens of Arizona.
Bill
April 28th, 2010
7:44 am
Joan Moon,
Why not indeed. That approach worked for both the Nazi’s and the Soviets.
Josh M.
I know you think that is a crazy comparison. Can you tell me that citizen informants is not exactly what the Nazi’s and Soviets did. It was particularly effective for the East German Stasi.
betterthingstodo
April 28th, 2010
7:47 am
Hey Iknowanidiot, all of the aforementioned countries you referenced earlier just cross the border at Mexico. Get a frigging map. I now realize who the idiot is that you know. It’s yourself moron.
Bill
April 28th, 2010
7:50 am
Billy and African American,
If you two would quit trying to out-insult each other you would probably find that you are not that far apart
Bill
April 28th, 2010
7:55 am
My family came here illegally. We were just looking for economic opportunity and this seemed like the best bet. Of course the journey was a dangerous one and not everyone made it, but it was worth the risk. We moved around a lot, but eventually got settled. The locals were OK at first, but it was not long before they tried to run us off. At times they even got violent. But, we overwhelmed them with our sheer numbers. That was 1635.
Stand Watie
April 28th, 2010
7:57 am
Deal is right………apparently he is one of the few politicians who have read the 10th Amendment.
A Realist
April 28th, 2010
7:59 am
You know, If Mr. Deal actually means what he says and is not trying to just get my vote (like our glorious president) I’d vote for him in a minute; however, he’s got to do something to let me know that…..how ’bout it, Mr. Deal? Are you up to the challenge?
Bill
April 28th, 2010
8:01 am
Stand -
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”
Sorry, but foreign affairs and protection of our borders are delegated by the constitution to the federal government. If you (or Arizona) do not like the way it is being done, Washington is the place to change it.
Bill
April 28th, 2010
8:04 am
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
That is the fourth amendment. Notice that it says “persons”, not citizens.
Bill
April 28th, 2010
8:07 am
The fourteenth amendment reads in part:
“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Again, note that it says “persons”, not citizens.
I thought republicans were for a strict literal interpretation of the constitution.
What Constitution?
April 28th, 2010
8:15 am
Looks like Arizona has expanded arrests for DWB (driving while black) to include brown.
Mr. Cool
April 28th, 2010
8:27 am
Be Fair! Pass and enforce a law on the businesses who hires our visitors. If our visitors can’t get work I bet they leave. Let see the State of Georgia act on this issue and stop victimizing PEOPLE. Officials continue to look the other way as these businesses and these business CEOs break the LAW.
Morrus
April 28th, 2010
8:27 am
Vote out the incumbents and start over
OneFreeMan
April 28th, 2010
8:29 am
In a down economy you got be creative, I’m thinking of selling a “Look American Kit”, (Blonde hair color and blue contacts).
Wouldn’t work for me, but might help those being targetted.
georgiadawgg
April 28th, 2010
8:32 am
ken fuller you suuuuuuuuck.
lmno
April 28th, 2010
8:40 am
What is missing from all of the immigration debates has been an explanation of the legal process of immigration.
Its almost completely uncommunicated. People shout, “We don’t dislike immigration! We dislike ILLEGAL immigration!” However, that is never followed by an explanation of what the legal process is.
Perhaps we should take a look at that process and find out why so many are avoiding it. Maybe we would find that the process is slow and out of date. Maybe we would find that by changing that process, more people would go through the legal means.
What I am trying to write is, maybe its too hard to become a legal immigrant.
I think we should at least explore that avenue.
el
April 28th, 2010
8:58 am
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
(Inscription on the Statue of Liberty)
.
The Snark
April 28th, 2010
9:26 am
The Snark is in favor of strict immigration control, starting with armed guards, searchlights and machine gun towers along every inch of Georgia’s border with Mexico.
twinkletoes
April 28th, 2010
9:52 am
Nathan Deal. The man who was elected as a Democrat and promptly switched parties as soon as he was sworn in. So! Do all of you think he is truly to be trusted? Methinks he’s better described as a turncoat!
deegee
April 28th, 2010
9:54 am
Sure, African-American. Arizona republicans really hold you in high esteem.
Sen. John McCain (Republican of Arizona) voted against the creation of the MLK holiday, and later defended Arizona Republican Governor Evan Mecham’s rescission of the state holiday in honor of King created by his Democratic predecessor. After his opposition grew increasingly untenable, McCain reversed his position, and encouraged his home state of Arizona to recognize the holiday despite opposition from Mecham.
In 1990, Arizonans were given the opportunity to vote to observe an MLK holiday. McCain successfully appealed to former President Ronald Reagan to support the holiday. Following the failure of the 1990 proposition to recognize the holiday in Arizona, the National Football League moved Super Bowl XXVII from Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. That occurrence is was what ultimately turned Arizonans in favor of observing the MLK holiday.
lmno
April 28th, 2010
9:58 am
Say I am a 20 year old High School graduate from Mexico. I have experience in construction. I would like to come to the USA and work and attend college. I already have a commitment from an employer. I am willing to pay income tax to the US. My intention is to stay about 5 years.
What is the legal process for me to do this? Can I do this legally? How long will it take?
mum
April 28th, 2010
10:00 am
Be careful what you wish for and allowing some in government to do, because once you start down the road, it will eventually come around to you. You all need to go back and read about how Nazi Germany started out, which ultimately started them on the road to killing off anyone who was different, and not blond and blue eyed. How many of those here would not exist in that type of society? How about the Crusades? Remember, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely! Always remember history, and you may want to re-read 1984 because we are so getting there….it’s just happening later.
Politicians will do and say anything to stay in power, especially now that the economy has tanked and they likely aren’t qualified for regular jobs. They get a lifetime payout, so the longer they stay in office the better for them because we the taxpayer support them all for life.
Mr. Grumpy
April 28th, 2010
10:06 am
Well, it looks like radical onservatives have finally found legislation that really appeals to them. How many American citizens will have their constituional rights violated because of this illconceived “law”? Will an “Oh, I’m Sorry” be sufficient recompanse for a violation? And how many of those arrested will be Hispanic. A law like this does not solve the legitimate illegal immigration problem. It is like the sweeping of a broom that will hurt primarily American citizens who will ghet profiled because of their ethnicity. You raduical conservatives finally have a law you love– just like the laws passsed and enforced by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi storm troopers. If you had a collective conscience, you might be ashamed of yourselves. By the way, how many of you are true Americans, real Americans? If you aren’t Native American or have Native Americam ancestry, you have no right to call yourself a “real” American. Someone of your ancestors came to this country — some legally, some illegally. How did yours come?
John K
April 28th, 2010
10:06 am
Leave it to the GOP to take a look at the history of totalitarian regimes and think “hey, that’s a good idea!”
News Update – April 28, 2010
April 28th, 2010
10:08 am
[...] Nathan Deal Georgia GOP candidate for Governor says he’d implement Arizona-style immigration laws…. [...]
Intown
April 28th, 2010
10:09 am
There’s no such thing as “10th Amendment powers”
Intown
April 28th, 2010
10:11 am
Dear GOP:
Thank you for delivering the Democrats the Hispanic vote without actually having to do anything to earn that vote.
Sincerely,
The Democrats
JR
April 28th, 2010
10:16 am
Illegally crossing our borders is a crime. Why does any effort to enforce immigration laws face such resistance? If you don’t like the law, work with your elected representatives to change it. Otherwise, it needs to be enforced like any other law. We are a representative republic with laws passed by duly elected representatives. No one, including the President has the authority to ignore those laws, for any reason.
deegee
April 28th, 2010
10:19 am
Imno, here is a brief overview of the H-2B visa process. You can find the details on the USCIS webpage. It would be impossible for an employer to demonstrate that there are insufficient numbers of temporary American construction workers. You could perhaps get a student visa but you would not be able to work legally with that visa.
The H-2B non-agricultural temporary worker program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary nonagricultural jobs. A U.S. employer must file a Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker, on a prospective worker’s behalf.
To qualify for H-2B nonimmigrant classification:
* The employer must establish that its need for the prospective worker’s services or labor is temporary, regardless of whether the underlying job can be described as permanent or temporary. The employer’s need is considered temporary if it is a one-time occurrence, a seasonal need, a peak-load need, or an intermittent need
* The employer must demonstrate that there are not sufficient U.S. workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available to do the temporary work
* The employer must show that the employment of H-2B workers will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers
* Generally, a single, valid temporary labor certification from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), or, in the case where the workers will be employed on Guam, from the Governor of Guam, must be submitted with the H-2B petition. (Exception: an employer is not required to submit a temporary labor certification with its petition if it is requesting H-2B employment in a position for which the DOL does not require the filing of a temporary labor certification application)
JR
April 28th, 2010
10:20 am
“Leave it to the GOP to take a look at the history of totalitarian regimes and think “hey, that’s a good idea!””
History? They only have to look at present day Washington and the regime in power there.
deegee
April 28th, 2010
10:29 am
The Arizona law is not as much about law enforcement as it is about ethnic cleansing. They think that if they can scare the Hispanics out of Arizona then they will reduce crime. The unintended consequence is that hard working Hispanic families will leave and take their money with them. Arizona will be left with the criminal element.
deegee
April 28th, 2010
10:42 am
Intown, The Arizona law is not a slam dunk for Democrats. Obama made some promises to Latinos during his campaign that have gone unfulfilled. Immigration reform has been buried by Obama and both houses of a democratically controlled congress. And now this in Arizona. I wouldn’t count on a big Latino turnout in November. Seriously, who is there to vote for?
First Sergeant
April 28th, 2010
10:46 am
Ivory
April 28th, 2010
7:42 am
Ivory, do I know you?
JR
April 28th, 2010
10:49 am
“The Arizona law is not as much about law enforcement as it is about ethnic cleansing.”
This is why we can’t seem to resolve issues like this. Rather than discussing the issue at hand, one side, with their argument lacking any merit, always brings in one of the “show stopper” issues. In this case, the strongest tool in that aresenal, race. I tell you what, let’s be fair. While we’re deporting all illegals from Mexico, let’s also deport all illegals from Canada. Would that make you happy?
Bill
April 28th, 2010
10:51 am
IMNO,
I believe the waiting list for legal immigration from Mexico is about 10 years.
Bill
April 28th, 2010
10:59 am
JR,
There is too much inflammatory language from BOTH sides in the debate. I can’t say that your posting did much to improve the tone.
Rafael Caycho
April 28th, 2010
11:30 am
This is not what Nathan Deal said before!!! He promised immigrants he would look at solutions to our failed immigration policy and THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION!!!!
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
April 28th, 2010
11:46 am
Black, White, Jew, and Gentile…called “whigs”…built This Country establishing the New Secular Order in opposition to the Old Sectarian Order, “Ancien Regime,” of king and pope: world history’s bastion of liberty, individual sovereignty, ruled only by Truth and Justice for “E Pluribus Unum” under only G-d by “Annuit Coeptis.”
The new “king” is Vatican banker Rockefeller whose family bank is now the Iraqi State Bank, yet to be brought to justice for financing Hitler from collection plate of the Roman Catholic Church, and four five generations “fronted” by the Bush/Walker, Roman Catholic/Knight of Malta clan.
The papists on the SCOTUS cheated Prescott Bush’s draft-dodging, dry drunk, closet-queen grandson into office to commit 9/11, for more oil and to profit from false war.
The Middle Class/The People is the only “stopper” on the Roman Anti-Christ’s “shoot the moon” in America.
Rome’s published stratagem for destroying that “stopper,” promoting illegal immigration by faithful Roman Catholic Hispanics, surplus slaves in Rome’s plantation aristocracy of Latin America, is available at the Library of Congress, Amazon.com, and your local Roman Catholic diocesan library: “The National Pastoral Plan for HIspanic Ministry,” (Publication / Office of Publishing and Promotion Services, United States Catholic Conference, No. 199-7).
Rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, old and young, must all oppose Rome’s efforts to subvert Our Nation.
We are One People.
Seal the borders and expropriate the Roman Anti-Christ’s fascist plutocracy.
Illegals who wish to become true Americans, even though the Roman Church in America is banished, should be granted an appropriate path to citizenship, If, and only if, they wish to “come out of Babylon” and recognize Rome for what Thomas Jefferson said it is: “The real Anti-Christ.”
Let us live in peace that G-d alone prosper our endeavors.
Rome in America, it “Fifth Column,” must be expropriated and banished.
Bush and Cheney must hang for 9/11.
Death for Treason
LibertyAtStake
April 28th, 2010
11:52 am
And the Conservative Ascendancy continues unabated….
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
[For a light hearted take on our present peril]
deegee
April 28th, 2010
12:34 pm
JR, the Arizona law does not discriminate based on country of origin. I’m not sure what you know about geography but Arizona shares a border with Mexico, not Canada.
Additionally, if you completely sealed shut the border with Mexico, the drugs and weapons would start flowing across the Canadian border. As long as we’re buying it someone will be selling it.
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
April 28th, 2010
12:36 pm
Liberty as Steak, rather, read “The New Pearl Harbor” http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=w7-mnduSpeQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR6&dq=The+New+Pearl+Harbor,&ots=esLyDEJWQA&sig=4WUShpLMCiARvW1xBJRoNJoQGyk and know before G-d that Bush and Cheney committed 9/11;
or admit you’re just a papist feeding off the People from New Rome on the Potomac.
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
April 28th, 2010
12:37 pm
Establish Our Nation’s sovereignty just as Individual sovereignty must be secured: seal all the borders.
marianna
April 28th, 2010
1:21 pm
this new arizona law should be in all 50 states…
the federal law is NOT working……….
someone has to take over..
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
April 28th, 2010
1:47 pm
The People is sovereign in Our Land. It is our obligation.
Seal the borders. Expropriate and extirpate the treasonous faction in thrall to the Roman Anti-Christ.
Hang Bush and Cheney.
Establish righteousness in this Promised Land.
lynnbo
April 28th, 2010
2:17 pm
The smart and hard working illegals made lots of money in the boom years, they have gone back sense the recession hit to build businesses in their home countries, great story and glad we helped them succeed. We wish them the best.
However, what we are left with are the welfare class of illegals, poor and uneducated who are bankrupting our country and taking jobs from Americans, keeping wages low. Businessess want the cheap labor and government wants the votes, so nothing will be done and the taxpayer is shafted once again. It no longer pays to be a honest, do things right person. Join all the cheaters and join the welfare way of life until our country goes bankrupt….in about a year or two.
Erick Sanchez
April 28th, 2010
3:09 pm
The whole asking people for their documents is RACIAL PROFILING., Illegals are only here to do the jobs other people wouldnt do. i dont see white people working out in the fields or in the chicken plants working for minimal wage. They dont mean no harm to anyone, we just want to work and make a honest living. I would understand if their hurting or doing illegal things. They just want a better lifes for themselves and their families. America is a FREE LAND.! if you want to talk about illegals arent we ALL illegals.! This land belongs to the NATIVE AMERICANS., just think about before it.!
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
April 28th, 2010
5:13 pm
The prophecy is that all nations shall flow into one new Nation – the New Israel.
Black, White, Jew and Gentile “whigs,” fleeing king and pope, built this Promised Land by G-d’s grace and the three mottoes of The Creed.
Rome is the Anti-Christ from which we escaped – the Old Sectarian Order of king and pope – caesaropapism.
Illegal immigration is being promoted by Rome as a tool to destroy the non-Roman Catholic American Middle/Working Class. Should one doubt this fact, one need merely read their published stratagem to that effect: “The National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry.”
Innocents willing to depart the Babylonian priesthood and its “Black Aristocracy” behind the Bush/Cheney/Rockefeller “Fifth Column,” which killed Kennedy and King, financed Hitler, and committed 9/11, all to subjugate The People and to send us to false war, can assimilate in our culture if they are willing to become American.
Rome’s “Fifth Column,” promoting illegal immigration to “take back” Our Country, must be purged as the treasonous sectarian faction it is, most particularly led by the Gay Old Pervert party, the SCOTUS majority, and its bi-partisan bloc in Congress.
America must return to its “whig” roots.
“Whig” means “anti-Roman Catholic.”
Americans don’t wish their children to be molested, so why have the pedophile priesthood on our shores? The border must be sealed. Rome’s minions, Bush and Cheney, must hang.
Rasmussen poll: Nathan Deal leads Roy Barnes in Georgia 2010 governor race | Fresh Loaf
April 28th, 2010
6:23 pm
[...] yo, where’s that birth certificate? And yeah, it’s the same Nathan Deal who this week said he’d mimic Arizona’s boneheaded immigration law if elected governor. (To be fair to [...]
Andrews,Los Angeles
April 28th, 2010
7:24 pm
First they ignore us.Then they mock us,then they attack us,call us racist,then we WIN!
Illegal Alien is NOT a Race!
VICHY Governments do not represent Legal Citizens when
they will not stop illegal invasions of the Country!
numbersusa.com
capsweb.org
keyser_soze
April 28th, 2010
8:00 pm
Dang, some folks just don’t get it. Try this. Hold the CEOs of Georgia construction companies, Georgia farmers and meat packers, hotel and restaurant chains criminally liable for hiring illegal immigrants. Include: (1) a $100,000 fine for each illegal working for the company; and, (2) a mandatory minimum jail sentence of one year per illegal. Then, you will see a decrease in illegal immigration. Really, it’s not that hard. But, Nathan is tight with the Chamber of Commerce and I doubt he’ll ever favor a workable solution.
Jon Lester
April 28th, 2010
10:15 pm
The first priority of the Georgia GOP should be to address the very severe deficit of talent within its ranks.
Nathan Deal (R) Would Support Arizona Style Immigration Law for Georgia - Peaches in Regalia
April 29th, 2010
1:23 am
[...] Jim Galloway, the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Political Insider, reports that former U.S. Representative Nathan Deal (R) would work to get legislation passed similar to the recent immigration bill in Arizona. From Galloway Arizona just took its place in the Georgia race for governor. This from a press release issued by the Republican campaign of Nathan Deal, the former congressman: [...]
James
April 29th, 2010
5:50 am
Willy Bradshaw; Can you please explain to the audiance what illegal immigration has to do with communism ?
levotb
April 29th, 2010
10:19 am
What Rep. Deal failed to mention is that Atlanta has become the hub for narcotics and human smuggling movement on the East Coast. That’s ILLEGAL ALIEN SMUGGLING AND ILLEGAL ALIEN NARCOTICS…
June
April 29th, 2010
10:35 am
Make the Arizona bill standard in every state in the union! Demand that the SAVE Act and E-Verify be mandatory for all businesses and individuals who employ illegals. Eliminate the misinterpreted 14th amendment. Jail employers who hire illegals and bar landlords from renting to them. This ought to take care of most of the problem. Those who are foolhardy enough to stay can start building the fence, then will be deported. After that, line the border with military. Not too many illegals want to come face to face with a big, tough Marine! Then, tell the countries whose leaders and people laugh at our laws that we will no longer be their dumping ground.
Maria Sanvelacruzherntinez
April 29th, 2010
11:51 am
It makes me laugh at the hypocrisy of the liberals when they claim conservatives are reacting irrationally to the problem of illegal aliens when they themselves are going into histrionics about AZ becoming a Nazi state, the false claim of microchipping illegals and claiming the passing of the new law is legal racial profiling. Knuckle-dragging neanderthals every one of them.
GO ARIZONA!!!
Jimi
April 29th, 2010
12:11 pm
Just another paper law. Like those “other” paper laws, expect zero enforcment nor funding. This is the game. Pass meaningless laws to placate the population while allowing business as usual.
It’s certainly not enough to get upitty about. The last US President to atually enforce US immigration laws was Ike Eisenhower. That will not happen again due to PC, ‘political cowardice’.
The USA will become an hispanic nation by 2050. Don’t believe it? Check with the census dept. for proof. Anyone that doesn’t like it should leave.
Republican Dawg
April 29th, 2010
12:56 pm
Now that Deal has spoken, watch the rest of the GOP also-rans jump on board. Oxendine will try to be more conservative and make another outlandish comment that makes even people who agree with him shake their heads in disbelief…Handel will be for it before she ends up against it. Johnson will say something, but no one will be paying attention to him any way….
NewYorkRikan
April 29th, 2010
1:40 pm
The Sad Thing is That most of the republican people here only refer to “mexicans”
as if mexicans were the only people that came to the USA undocumeted, There are
French, English, Irish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italians, Australian, Rusians,
German, etc….. All white people whom just blend in perfectly with the kind of population
our republican friends would like to have living among us, and is ok for them to be here
because they came here legally even if they over stayed their visiting permits, but they came with a visa so they did the right thing. Now for those critics that think that’s ok wouldn’t it be the same thing? crossing iligally or just taking advantage of the fact that you over stayed your tourist visa because you fooled an ICE oficcer making him believe you were just coming for a few weeks but had in mind all along to stay here for ever.
now on the other hand we have all those “mexicans” that may actually be Guatemalans, Puerto ricans, Cubans, Colombians, El Salvadorians, Ecuatorinas, Brazilians,Agentinians, panamenians,
Peruvians, Real Mexicans or maybe an unlooky Asian who is misstaken by a funny looking mexican.
Now Counting illegals from all the world, there’s supposed to be 11 million undocumented people
personally a think there is a hell of a lot more than that what should we do with them, being realistic
we are not going to deport them, we are not going to put chips on them, They are going to keep working, their kids(most of them born in the USA) are going to go to school,They are going to keep driving with out a licence (because is unlawfull for them to have one), No licence means no insuranse, We keep pushing with our laws that are maakin us look like The new Nazy Germany.
Yet we keep making things worst. Personally I Believe that we should push for a real solution for this problem but lets make it a realistc solution.
sorry about my horrible spelling.
Amy
April 30th, 2010
1:06 am
Billy, you need to stop pecking. Go back and tell the liberals you were not able to divide us. Plus, Americans are all different pigments! I have enjoyed African_American_USA_Citizen posts. Thank goodness for the Internet because with all the misinformation in the media…I think Americans have found one issue most can agree on. Elected presidents could only dream of 60 and 70% of the votes. Comparing illegals to blacks is way off base. Illegals choose to break the law and come here! I am sick of the reasons/insults illegals give for justifying being here. Illegals are hard working; Americans are lazy. Illegals are taking jobs Americans don’t want; Americans prefer welfare. Illegals are law abiding; Americans are racists. Enough.
Amy
April 30th, 2010
1:14 am
Why enforce any law? Heck, sovereignty does mean anything. Yes, I am aware that individuals from all around the world have stayed/came illegally. Then there are the “idiots” who do things the correct way to become US Citizens. If I lived in another country, I would be one of those poor “idiots” waiting to enter legally. When individuals chose to have their children here, they knew the chance they were taking. I do not believe in rewarding bad behavior. It only brings more bad behavior. If this country, its people, and its laws are so horrible, then why are they dying to get in and hiding to stay?
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April 30th, 2010
11:37 am
[...] Nathan Deal, who recently resigned from the U.S. House on the heels of an ethics investigation, publicly called for enactment of an Arizona-style immigration system in his own state. And in South Carolina, Lt. Gov. Andre [...]
Joe
April 30th, 2010
5:28 pm
way too many useful idiots on this commenting board. Seriously, comparing enforcing our immigration laws to Nazis? Do you know what Mexico does to IT’S illegal Aliens? Smoking pot affects your brain, and is probably the reason you can’t make a rational thought, and can only repeat what is fed to you by your ‘progressive’ handlers. Wake up! Every legal Alien/permanent Resident is required to carry proof, and so is every American visiting another country….
Lola
April 30th, 2010
9:07 pm
Nathan Deal..Grand Dragon…just lost. Stop politicking cause you have just put your foot in your a**
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May 4th, 2010
6:22 pm
[...] want to see such laws enacted there. Activity has started in Texas, Utah, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Georgia and [...]
.Mel
May 8th, 2010
2:15 am
In answer to Shawn, April 27th post… You carry ID on you at all times, don’t you? or most times? It’s called a driver’s license. Having a state issued driver’s license means that you have proved legal residency in that state. Legal aliens living in this country also carry ID – a card in their wallet – at all times. AZ isn’t asking for sheaves of paper – they are asking that you carry some form of ID stating that you are legally in the states. It’s not that hard. It’s not asking anything of them that the law doesn’t ask of us.
As for the majority of the other comments found here – all I can say is this: go live there before you judge the situation. You may think what the state of AZ has to say is crazy or stupid, but you aren’t in their shoes.
Besides, the state of AZ may think the same of the state of GA – a state with plenty of water (esp in comparison) who can’t figure out how to share said water supply with neighboring states. AZ lives on less than 6 in of rain per year and most of the state is a desert – yet they can successfully grow crops, fill swimming pools, water lawns, have fountains in their hotels, and, oh yeah, drink it with no problem.
Merely pointing out that each area of the country has its problems, and until you’ve lived for several years in that area, you might ought to keep your inane comments to yourselves.
Randy in California
May 11th, 2010
3:01 pm
Illegal is Illegal, this is not a “Mexican” thing it is about being in this country legally. It could be a Canadian as well… I think the other countries that can’t just “walk in” should sue the countries that can for unfairness HA
Randy in California
May 11th, 2010
3:17 pm
To Erick Sanchez April 28th comment- Dude, work here all you want just BE LEGAL, After I married my wife from another country we had to wait almost a year until she could come here…LEGALLY! REMEMBER, Illegal is not a race!
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May 11th, 2010
5:15 pm
[...] Tim James wants everyone to speak English; Georgia’s Nathan Deal hopes to introduce a bill modeled after Arizona’s; and South Carolina’s Andre Bauer suggested that [...]
Paul Hamilton
May 12th, 2010
8:30 am
Either enforce the laws of our country or take them off the books. I’m tired of lazy Americans and fat politicians.
At some point some guy driving drunk is going to kill a bunch of people, and then cite that he should be given a free pass because our laws are not enforced evenly such as illegal immigration. Hey if a fat guy can sue a fast food company for making him fat, this is easily within the realm of possibility. We are Greece in the making.
Hey open the borders up and allow people that really want the American dream. Take away our welfare system and you’ll have many Americans up in arms because illegals have taken up all the jobs and the government can no longer support them.
News Update – May 12, 2010
May 12th, 2010
10:04 am
[...] Nathan Deal if elected Governor would back Arizona style immigration law in Georgia. [...]
Fire Eater
May 13th, 2010
5:28 am
Nathan Deal got my vote with his bold stand against the THIRD WORLD INVASION OF AMERICA. I look forward to ads depicting immigrant-gutted pestholes like Buford Highway, Gainesville and Dalton with a voiceover “…do you want this in YOUR community?” Third world immigration, really an INVASION, is the ONLY issue in this race.
Pat Buchanan was right when he stated if we had to take in one million immigrants from two other countries and were given choice of origin either Sweden or Somalia, it would be little mystery as to which group would be a better fit with CIVILIZATION.
To those whose heads revolve around and spit green bile at this analogy, I close with a reminder that the Founding Fathers passed the Immigration Act of 1790 to keep undesirables out of the US. Google it and enjoy.
Blue Dogs
May 17th, 2010
2:31 pm
I’m a white man and I too support the anti-immigration law Arizona just passed and I hope Georgia does the same here and maybe we should abolish the Voting Rights of 1965 by bringing back the poll tax to teach these welfare freaks a lesson.
Ian G.
May 19th, 2010
12:45 pm
Ever been pulled over by a cop ? What do they ask for ? License and registration or some form of I.D…..It’s the law ! So if you are afraid of it… then you must not have a valid I.D. and must be here ILLEGALLY, it’s very simple, not racist as the Mexicans want you to think !
ss
May 25th, 2010
1:11 am
OK number one, if we can’t find a job is because we are not willing to get paid the minimum or under the minimum wage, work over 70hour per week , work under unhealthy and unsafe conditions ,work with no health insurance ah and work with no coffee break; And this guys find a job because most Americans are too lazy or they have too much pride to do the DIRTY JOBS. Also if this guys find a job is because there are AMERICAN companies willing to hire these people with full acknowledgment of their legal status but they don’t care, as long as they make millions of dollars exploiting illegal immigrants. And also remember that this companies are AMERICAN OWNED. Let’s face it, how many times have you hired a “Mexican” to do your Yard Maintenance, just to save some dollars. It is not their fault that AMERICANS give them AND PREFER giving them jobs.
Respect to the violence DRUG DEALERS exist everywhere is not a Mexican, Colombian, African problem, there is AMERICAN GANGSTERS responsible for the violence, prostitution and other problems in places like LA, NEW YORK, CHICAGO. So the drug cartels in Arizona have nothing to do with the hard-working people from other states.Because there is AMERICAN PEOPLE who’s involved in murders, sexual violence, extortion and more.
So this laws are cruel, thoughtless and anti-american; Remember liberty and justice for all.
laverne moore
June 23rd, 2010
7:18 pm
JUST FOR THE RECORD I’M A BLACK FEMALE AND HAVE ALWAYS VOTED DEMOCRATE
BUT GUESS WHAT I’M FOR THE GUY WHO IS A REALIST, AMERICA IS BROKE , WE CAN’T SAVE THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND GUESS WHAT MEXICO IS THRIVING , WHY? FROM THE ILLEAGAL WORKERS WORKING IN AMERICA REELING IN THE HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA – JOBSSSSSSS
THERE GETTING RICH OFF AMERICA- THEY HAVE THERE CHILDREN HERE BECAUSE AMERICA PAY’S THE WAY – THEY DRAIN OUR RESOURCES – IE; THEY ALL HAVE FOOD STAMP CARDS BUYING FOOD AND WITH LOT’S OF KID’S YOU GET UP TO 1,000$ IN FOOD STAMPS PER MONTH JUST X THAT TIMES 25.000 ILLEAGAL IMMIGRANTS- THAT’S JUST A TID-BIT- HELL I CAN’T EVEN GET FOOD STAMPS – BECAUSE I MAKE 2$ OVER , BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE AND A TAX PAY CITIZEN – HOW IS THEY CAN BENFIT MORE THAN ME- I’M THE WORKING POOR TO!!!!!!!!!!
I SUGGEST RESIDENTS OF GEORGIA GET ON BOARD WITH IMMIGRATION REFORM IE:LIKE THE STATE OF ARIZONA – NOT JUST FOR US BUT FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
WE CAN’T SUPPORT ALL THESE PEOPLE IT’S A RESSESSION
LET’S SUPPORT AMERICANS FIRST
I’M VOTING FOR NATHAN DEAL FOR GOVENER
FAMILY I’M BLACK AND SO CALLED DEMOCRATE
BUT GUESS WHAT LET’S VOTE REPUBLICAN ON THIS ONE YALL