Alabama’s anti-immigration law is the toughest in the nation, and it turns out that it’s the costliest as well. Not only has the law devastated the agriculture industry, but it is now threatening to devastate the foreign auto industry that plays a key role in the Alabama economy.
Since Alabama Republicans enacted their immigration law, known as HB 56, thousands of farm hands have flocked out of the state, leaving crops uncared for. But Alabama has a new problem. Since HB 56 became law, Alabama authorities have arrested two foreign executives, one German, one Japanese, even though they were in the United States legally. Now, it looks as though foreign automakers and other foreign industries are reconsidering doing business in the state.
Alabama Republicans are desperately trying to convince foreign companies that their businesses are welcome. GOP Governor Robert Bentley even sucked up to foreign companies. “We are not anti-foreign companies. We are very pro-foreign companies,” Bentley said.
If I were a citizen in Alabama, I’d be calling for the repeal of HB 56. Alabama will lose up to $40 million a year because of it, and could cost the state thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in future investments. HB 56 was not a smart law. It was designed out of hatred and bigotry. And now Alabama may have to pay the price for it.
i moved from the south decades ago….i got tired of living in the 19th century.southerners are just 100 years behind the times. & you IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!! keep voting for the good ole boy rich RETARDblicans..i really don’t think you’ll ever get a clue…….just keep watching fox entertainment news, & you’ll be just fine.
This is what short-sighted Republican doctrine does. Wake up, people! Before we don’t have a nation left at all!
Well, Americans can go into the fields and pick the crops.
I lived in Alabama for a short period in the late 1990′s. I had to drive two hours to see a movie. When I asked my next door neighbor what the locals did for fun his response was “We do two things, we drink and we fight.” I packed up and moved to Florida in a few short weeks. Stupid stupid people down there.
Nathan, you didn’t specify where in the state of Alabama you lived, but as a native Alabamian, I am offended that you have obviously painted us all with the same brush. I can assure you that while we do have our share of stupid folks (as I’m sure any other state in the union does as well) our state (although our government representatives are not always a reflection of it) is called “home” by many, many intelligent, well-cultured people who do more than drink and fight.
Good, let that racist piece of crap state go broke, let it come down to it’s knees, anyone who supported that legislation deserves any shitty outcome from that. Karma is a bitch isn’t it?
I’m an Alabama native and the things that are being done to this state are appalling. Please give us some info on how to call for a recall on this bill, among others. The damage that BP, Haliburton, et all have done is already devastating. I can’t imagine what these idiots are thinking.