Atlanta traffic – photo AJC

From today’s Marietta Daily Journal on Sen. Johnny Isakson and the RAISE Act:

“When asked about an immigration bill co-sponsored by his junior colleague, Sen. David Perdue, R-Georgia, to place new limits on legal immigration by favoring those with technical or English skills rather than those with family connections, Isakson said he supported legal immigration, adding that his forefathers came to this country without speaking any English.

“We are very fortunate that America opens its shores to the tired, the poor, yearning to be free,” he said.

Isakson said he wants the country to enforce its immigration laws and ensure that people coming in are doing so legally. He also said .”

Bonus Fast Facts on U.S. immigration levels and the Atlanta region’s population growth (80K) in the last year HERE.