Below is an AP story, much the same as every news story on enforcing immigration and employment laws…even for the agriculture industry. Let’s start a new game…”FIND THE H2A COMPONENT.” Good luck. We will post some others from the recent past (like this one HERE), then some from sure to come stories about the “dangers” of insisting that the law be equally applied.

For those who are not famliar with the H2A Ag visa. PLEASE READ HERE.

Georgia Farm Bureau adopts policy cautioning state lawmakers on immigration measures

RAY HENRY Associated Press
December 07, 2010

LYONS, Ga. — Georgia farmers, many of whom are dependent on immigrant labor, have fired a warning shot at state lawmakers considering ways to crack down on illegal immigrants.

Delegates to the Georgia Farm Bureau’s annual convention voted Tuesday to adopt a policy that opposes any state immigration measure that “discriminates against the farm worker” and puts farmers at a competitive disadvantage. The vote marks the first time the Farm Bureau has adopted an immigration policy directed specifically at Georgia state leaders.

“We think immigration is a federal issue, and it needs a federal solution,” said Jon Huffmaster, the Farm Bureau’s legislative director. “And we think a patchwork of state laws could cause more problems than it solves.”…

The rest HERE .