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... interview with WXIA of Atlanta, Georgia (link), Newt Gingrich admitted not knowing what the 287g program is; see the link if you aren't familiar with it (note, of course, that unlike Newt there's a good chance you aren't running for president). Gingrich also used a variant of the safe legal orderly shibboleth; see that link too. Reporter Doug Richards (@richardsdoug)'s questions were fairly weak...

... far-left groups recently sued Georgia over that state's new anti-illegal immigration law, and they engaged in a cute trick: they found a Republican shill to support their suit. The shill in that case is Uvalda, Georgia mayor Paul Bridges (CNN guest editorial from him: link). Many people will see through the use of shills and tokens, but for others it might be effective: "look, someone on my team...

... bcove.me/9c9fn6v5), Olbermann claimed that Georgia's growers were "at least 11,000 workers short of a harvest" because "[n]early all the undocumented workers were chased from Georgia" due to that state's new anti-illegal immigration law. Now, please take a look at the posts on the crops rotting in the fields page. Those posts show how - for literally decades - growers have been complaining about...

... Center is one of the groups suing Georgia over that state's new immigration law; see the link for the details. A leader of one of the SPLC's compatriots in the suit has made a racist (and ageist) statement about the suit. Let's try to get the SPLC to denounce his comments, despite the fact that he's on their side. That shouldn't be that difficult, should it? The SPLC has a veritable hair trigger...

Georgia governor Nathan Deal says he'll sign an Arizona-style immigration bill that was approved by their General Assembly yesterday (link): "To try and craft legislation that is within the parameters of what a state can do without overstepping its bounds is difficult," Deal said. "And I commend the General Assembly for trying to put a product together that they felt like met that, and from what...

The Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has released a report on alleged racial profiling in Gwinnett county in that state [1]: 1. Despite admitting that they have no data that would back up any claims of profiling [2], they convict the sheriff's office anyway. 2. Lacking any hard data on possible profiling in that county, all they do is print ten anecdotes. All but one are from...

... (+4), Arizona (+2), Florida (+1), Georgia (+1), Nevada (+1), Oregon (+1), South Carolina (+1), and Utah (+1). States losing House seats: Ohio (-2), Illinois (-1), Iowa (-1), Louisiana (-1), Massachusetts (-1), Michigan (-1), Minnesota (-1), Missouri (-1), New Jersey (-1), New York (-1), and Pennsylvania (-1). If you're located in one of the states in the latter group, that means you're going to...

... Constitution offer this: A key goal of Georgia’s 2006 law cracking down on illegal immigration was simple and controversial: stop undocumented immigrants from earning wages paid by taxpayers. Supporters heralded the provision as one of the nation’s toughest because it orders local governments, their contractors and subcontractors to confirm the legal status of new hires. But the provision has...

... Empowerment (FINE). Meanwhile, in Georgia, 200 people turned out for a march organized by the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (link). Unlike in a previous report, Mary Lou Pickel fails to point out that a co-founder and advisor (link) to that group is Teodoro Maus, a former Mexican consul general. In Seattle, the low turnout is blamed on: a change of organizers, fear of enforcement,...

... event, which was organized by the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights in conjunction with other leaders in the Hispanic community, took place in the north parking lot of Plaza Fiesta and lasted more than three hours. The former Mexican consul in Atlanta Teodoro Maus, who is also one of the leaders of GLAHR, stated that the DeKalb County Police Department estimated that about 11,000 to 12,...