September 12th, 2011 at 2:25 pm

Ramifications from Anti-Immigrant Laws

in: Events

Farmworkers have been fleeing Georgia, since that state enacted its harsh anti-immigrant law in July. This article, though dated, is a glimpse of what the upcoming harvest season will look like in agricultural states that participate in Arizona-style, copy-cat laws. Of course, the ramifications are much greater.  Physical and mental health issues related to the stress can be anticipated as farmworkers migrate to areas where they feel welcome.

 Click on the link below to read the news article:

Convicts or Illegals: Georgia Hunts for Farmworkers As Tough Immigration Law Takes Hold

By Steve Gray, Sunday June 26, 2011

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2079542,00.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fieldworkers pick onion bulbs on a Vidalia onion farm in Lyons, Georgia, May 10, 2011.

Photographer: David Goldman / AP

 

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