For those who are wondering where the Governor of Georgia stands on the illegal immigration crisis that has – among many other things – made English an optional language here, be advised that Perdue has detached himself from the problem by saying, essentially, that dealing with the problem “ is not my job ”.

“Immigration battle brews”
AJC, Dan Chapman, February 19, 2005

“We recognize that there are serious concerns about illegal immigration, but the governor believes this is primarily a federal issue,” Heather Hedrick, Perdue’s spokeswoman, said Friday

From here in Marietta, we note, with envy, the recent actions of the governors of Arizona and New Mexico to do something to address the issue in their states and to protect the citizens they have sworn to protect and serve.

We wonder out loud why the $952 million Georgia tax dollars spent last year [scroll down] to educate illegal aliens and the children of illegal aliens doesn’t make it a Georgia issue.