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Old 10-21-2011, 09:57 AM
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Default Farm workers in Alabama

I read an article in the Daily Sun about the effect of Alabama's tough new law on immigration.

So many of the legal and illegal immigrants have been scared out of Alabama that the farmers of fruits and veggies are going belly-up since there is no one to do the work. The article says the few Americans who have taken the jobs have been slower, want more money, do not do a full-day's work, and generally quit after a couple of days.

I also saw this happen in Manassas, Virginia where they passed some very strict local laws on illegal immigrants. Their economy is still suffering terribly from these laws and home prices dropped lower than any of the surrounding areas.

Just saying, you do not always get the results you wish for.