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” [1]
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 [2] 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 [3] [scroll down] to educate illegal aliens and the children of illegal aliens doesn’t make it a Georgia issue.