As Georgia passes harsh laws against one group of easily exploited workers--undocumented immigrants--it makes plans to use another group of easily exploited workers as a substitute--the vast reserve of convicts on probration who have trouble getting work because of their convictions. People charged with crimes in the United States are, not coincidentally, disproportionately people of color.--Blog Editor]
Georgia sends criminals to replace undocumented immigrants
By Reid J. Epstein, Politico
June 14, 2011
With Georgia’s restrictive immigration law set to kick in, Gov. Nathan Deal Tuesday is sending convicted criminals to fill farm jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants fleeing the state.
Deal, a first-term Republican, issued a statement on Tuesday morning calling on the state’s commissioners of labor, corrections and agriculture to work together to connect unemployed probationers with a state agriculture industry now desperate for workers.
“I believe this would be a great partial solution to our current status as we continue to move towards sustainable results with the legal options available,” Deal said in his statement. [...]
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