Governor Deal has said he will sign HB 87 into law.
We were successful Thursday in getting this important legislation passed in the General Assembly.
One step remaining: PLEASE CALL GOVERNOR DEAL’S OFFICE RIGHT NOW TO “SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO SIGN A BILL LIKE HB 87! ALL OF GEORGIA IS WATCHING AND WE HOPE YOU WILL SIGN IT IN YOUR FIRST 100 DAYS! I AM A REAL, VOTING CITIZEN AND NOT A PUPPET OF THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS OR AN ILLEGAL ALIEN.” 404 656 1776
THEN, PLEASE CALL MATT RAMSEY’S OFFICE TO SAY ” THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE!” 404.656.7146
The crazies are calling the Governor [1]to beg him to ignore you and to veto the bill we fought for!
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK!———–
Wall Street Journal
Georgia lawmakers target illegal immigration
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said on Friday he would sign into law an Arizona-style immigration bill, a move that would thrust his state into the center of the national debate over securing the country’s borders. — The measure “fulfills his campaign promise to crack down on the high expenses that state and local governments here incur because of illegal immigration,” spokesman Brian Robinson said…
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East Valley Tribune — Phoenix — April 17
“We’re 500 inmates below where we were last year.” (Note: L.A. County cut its prison population too — by releasing inmates early.)
SB 1070: A Year Later
Pearce, Brewer stand firm behind immigration law
It provoked demonstrations and boycotts. And some key provisions have been enjoined by federal courts.
But a year after Gov. Jan Brewer signed it into law, you’ll never convince Senate President Russell Pearce that SB 1070 which he crafted is anything but an unqualified success.
“They’re leaving in caravans,” he said of illegal immigrants.
“I’ve talked to a U-Haul dealer,” Pearce continued. “He said business has never been better.” […]
The Obama administration also did not seek to block enforcement of another provision of SB 1070 which makes it a crime to stop a vehicle in traffic to hire a day laborer, or for someone looking for work to get into a stopped vehicle.
And Bolton refused to block Arizona from enforcing some other provisions of SB 1070, including a separate state crime making it illegal to transport or harbor an illegal immigrant and changes in law dealing with impoundment of vehicles that are used to transport those not in the country legally.
All of that, Pearce said, has had an effect.
“Violent crime has dropped three times the national average in Arizona,” he said.
“That’s huge,” Pearce continued. “How many lives does that mean? How many victims does that avoid?”
There’s a financial component to that, too.
Pearce said prison population usually increases by between 70 and 140 a month.
“We’re 500 inmates below where we were last year,” he said. That, said Pearce, saves not only about $30,000 a year per inmates but also avoids prosecution costs.
And Pearce said the decline in illegal immigrant population also has reduced what the state needs to spend in aid to public schools, as families pack up for elsewhere.
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