Measure penalizes businesses employing illegals

By Daniel Yee
Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA – Jose Castro said there was something different about Buford Highway, well known for its many Hispanic and other ethnic businesses, as he stood at the bus stop Friday.

Missing was the familiar hustle and bustle that the Mexican immigrant is used to seeing.

Immigrant communities encouraged a one-day work stoppage to protest a bill passed by the Georgia House on Thursday that allows sweeping changes to the state’s policies on illegal immigrants. Teodoro Maus, one of the stoppage’s organizers, estimated that as many as 80,000 Hispanics did not show up for work Friday.

Now…if the illegals for whom Teodoro works so hard to obtain the rights of citizens and real, legal immigrants have earned, we have something!

Read the complete Marietta Daily Journal [ AP] article here.

Gracias Teo!…..Now, back to work for Cobb Schools!