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Forum: Stop employing illegal immigrants

Georgia lawmakers are considering ways to solve the illegal immigration crisis. The solution is obvious. Enforcement works, just like with any other crime. Illegal immigrants migrate out of every area in which jobs become unavailable and the law is enforced, and take budget-crashing dependents with them.

Genuine dedication from Georgia's legislative leadership in protecting American workers and driving illegal immigrants out of Georgia will be measured by the enthusiasm with which common-sense enforcement measures are implemented in the 2011 legislative session. Here are some suggestions:

► Finish the job begun in 2006 with passage of Senate Bill 529, the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act. In part, GSICA requires local governments and agencies that administer public benefits to use an affidavit system and the federal SAVE program to verify the eligibility of applicants for those finite taxpayer funded benefits.

However, there is no penalty for violating GSICA, and it shows. With 159 counties and 535 municipalities in Georgia, and a number of state and local agencies doling out public benefits, there were only 300 agencies authorized to use SAVE as of Nov. 1.

The Association County Commissioners of Georgia and the Georgia Municipal Association have successfully beat back repeated attempts to add penalty language absent in the 2006 law. The entire 2006 Georgia immigration law, then the toughest in the nation, should be re-examined, overhauled and strengthened. Compliance will only come with constant monitoring, audits and meaningful sanctions and enforcement.

► On the question of whether Georgia should pass laws similar to what has been passed in Arizona, the answer is yes. Nearly half of the 50 states already are in the process of doing just that. More than 100,000 illegal immigrants have fled Arizona since its Senate Bill 1070 was passed.

Georgia lawmakers should emulate Arizona legislators in every way they've attacked illegal immigrat

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Forum: Stop employing illegal immigrants
Georgia lawmakers are considering ways to solve the illegal immigration crisis. The solution is obvious. Enforcement works, just like with any other crime. Illegal immigrants migrate out of every area in which jobs become unavailable and the law is enforced, and take budget-crashing dependents with them.

Forum: Time to pick sides on illegal immigration
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Forum: Illegal immigration an even bigger problem in tough times
While the recession has rattled every rung of the economic ladder, it has ravaged the bottom bars. Unemployment stands at just more than 4 percent for college graduates but at nearly 15 percent for those lacking high-school diplomas. In poor black neighborhoods, it's about 30 percent and approaching Great Depression levels.

Eberhart: Illegal immigration hurts low-wage minorities
As an African American, I'd find it quite refreshing to hear "leaders" in the minority community and editorial writers acknowledge the damage done by illegal immigration. The Americans first and most affected by the crime of illegal immigration are native-born Hispanics and African Americans.