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Note: As I write, it occurs to me that maybe there should be some kind of local or state opinion column \u2013 maybe in a ‘compelling’ newspaper<\/a> \u2013 that would have curious and neutral journalists who keep watch over powerful people who invent their own facts in working toward a political goal\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Ag lobbyist Bryan Tolar outside of formerly smoke-filled rooms and in the AJC:<\/strong><\/p>\n A fixture in the Georgia state Capitol, most Georgians have never heard of Bryan Tolar<\/a>, but they should pay attention to him and his willingness to hide the truth on the current push for another amnesty for illegal aliens.<\/p>\n Tolar, (for Twitter users, @BTolar<\/strong><\/a>) is not just another integrity-challenged lobbyist<\/a>. He is also president of the Georgia Agribusiness Council<\/a> , which is the immensely powerful advocate for the growers in the state. We have been following his antics<\/a> for years.<\/p>\n Neither is it Tolar\u2019s first anti-enforcement expedition in the AJC. Here<\/a> is a 2011 guest column desperately pleading with Georgia state legislators to kill the 2011 E-Verify section of Georgia\u2019s illegal immigration law that year. In it he tells us that pay and benefits totaling $14.00 and hour is too much for the Ag masters to pay farm workers. At least he put a number on it.<\/p>\n Last week, Tolar was able to get a plea for readers to contact their congressmen (\u201cFarm labor shortage costly to state<\/a>\u201d) urging passage of \u201cimmigration reform\u201d in the June 18 edition of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. He offered the usual goop about the shortage of farm labor, the concept that when it comes to workers wages, \u201cmoney is not the issue\u201d and the need for legalization \u2013 again – of illegal alien farm workers.<\/p>\n In his guest column, Tolar is selling the 2013 U.S. Senate amnesty bill and the component in it written by the Ag lobby to create a \u201cguest worker\u201d program for the illegal farm workers his industry hires and employs. The scheme is called a \u201cBlue Card\u201d program.<\/p>\n Tolar didn\u2019t disappoint those of us who know his work. But we have to give him credit. He did mention that there already exists a federal visa \u2013 H2A – for the Ag industry to bring in legal farm workers. But he overlooked telling readers that the H2A visa has no limit to the number of workers who can be imported. Or that agriculture is the only industry in the nation with its own un-capped visa process for foreign workers.<\/p>\n Or that according to CNBC net cash farm income rose from the record high in 2010 of $99.4 billion to a then record high of $134.7 billion. Only 35.5 percent profit growth! Not bad for a struggling industry, eh? (taken from CNBC \u201cPhony Farm Labor Shortage: We Need to Talk About It\u201d<\/a> CNBC, September 2012.)<\/p>\n But what he did write on the Blue Card was worth noting so that you can decide if anything this character says in the future is worthy of acceptance?<\/p>\n From Tolar\u2019s AJC column:<\/p>\n \u201cRecent federal legislative proposals would have met the labor needs of farmers through a \u201cblue card\u201d proposal. The program would not allow for amnesty; it would only allow foreign farm workers to apply for the card if they pay a fine, undergo background checks and prove they have farm work experience. A blue card would certainly not grant citizenship. It would only allow the applicant to legally remain in the country to do farm work for a limited time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Pro-enforcement Americans who haven\u2019t read the Blue Card proposal in the senate bill should have access to some facts on this sales pitch. And should remember the old Latin warning: \u201cCaveat Emptor<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 \u201cAmnesty\u201d is any process that allows any illegal alien to shed that illegal status and\/or remain in these United States. The Blue Card scam is amnesty. The fine prescribed in the senate amnesty bill? It\u2019s $400.00. MORE HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n * \u201cA blue card would certainly not grant citizenship.\u201d Um, no, that is more goop. A blue card grants \u201cLawful Permanent Residence\u201d \u2013 known as a green card<\/a>. It is the green card status that allows the lucky former illegal alien to then obtain U.S. citizenship. Odd that Ag lobbyist Bryan Tolar didn\u2019t make that clear, huh?<\/p>\n \u2022 HOT PANTS!<\/strong> Tolar then gets deep in the weeds on the blue card with \u201cIt would only allow the applicant to legally remain in the country to do farm work for a limited time.\u201d Complete, indefensible nonsense. Having obtained a blue card, the formerly illegal alien recipient is now on his way to a green card (lawful permanent status) and then to the jackpot: U.S. citizenship. And the ability to vote. \u201cLimited time\u201d indeed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n See what we mean about Bryan Tolar? The section of the 2013 Senate amnesty bill (s744) that deals with what becomes of blue card holder is section # 2212. The first sentence explains that the holder can access permanent legal residence. The first sentence!<\/em> That section reproduced HERE. <\/a><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/img1.wikia.nocookie.net\/__cb20050901185505\/uncyclopedia\/images\/4\/4b\/Homer_pants_on_fire.jpg\")
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