{"id":1958,"date":"2011-06-01T07:18:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T11:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/gov-deal-asks-state-to-look-into-farm-labor-shortages.html"},"modified":"2011-06-01T07:18:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T11:18:37","slug":"gov-deal-asks-state-to-look-into-farm-labor-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/gov-deal-asks-state-to-look-into-farm-labor-shortages.html","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Deal asks state to look into farm labor shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"GA Gov. Nathan Deal doesn&#8217;t know what caused the\nsudden Georgia agricultural labor shortage;\nasks Ag. Dept. to look into it.\nCould it be&#8230; HB 87?\n<p>\nJeremy Redmon wrote in the AJC 27 May 2011,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/georgia-politics-elections\/governor-asks-state-to-959920.html\">\nGovernor asks state to probe farm labor shortages<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nState officials confirmed Friday that they have started investigating the\nscope of Georgia\u2019s agricultural labor shortages following complaints\nthat the state\u2019s new immigration enforcement law is scaring away\nmigrant farmworkers.\n<p>\nGov. Nathan Deal asked for the investigation Thursday in a letter to\nAgriculture Commissioner Gary Black. Deal wants Black\u2019s department to\nsurvey farmers about the impact Georgia\u2019s immigration law, House Bill\n87, is having on their industry and report findings by June 10.\n<p>\nThe labor shortages have sent farmers scrambling to find other workers\nfor their fall harvests. Others are making hard choices about leaving\nsome fruits and vegetables to wilt on their fields.\n<p>\nProponents of HB 87 say people who are in the country legally have nothing\nto worry about concerning the new law. They hope the law that takes effect\nJuly 1 will deter illegal immigrants from coming here and burdening the\nstate\u2019s taxpayer-funded public schools, hospitals and jails.\n<\/blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/ci_6344387\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"200\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/extras.mnginteractive.com\/live\/media\/site36\/2007\/0711\/20070711_122252_APRISONERS_JL83.jpg\"><\/a>\nHowever, I have seen suggestions that the state send taxpayer-funded\nprisoners to do the agricultural labor.\nShould we go back to slave labor on plantations?\n<p>\nBetter: we don&#8217;t need a private prison in Lowndes County.\nSpend that money on education instead.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GA Gov. Nathan Deal doesn&#8217;t know what caused the sudden Georgia agricultural labor shortage; asks Ag. Dept. to look into it. Could it be&#8230; HB 87? 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