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The effects of this upcoming law can already be felt. At my community there has been a mass exodus which has led to a Mass exodus. Immigrants are leaving Georgia very quickly to other states or their home countries. Deportations have increased. The number of letters I\u2019ve written to immigration in the past few weeks stating a detained person is my parishioner and of good moral character has greatly increased.<\/p>\n

In 2002 I asked a simple question at the South Carolina Republican Primary Gubernatorial debate at Furman. I asked the candidates, \u201cIf you enforce the laws which are in the books regarding illegal immigration, where will you find a workforce to replace the deported immigrants?\u201d None of the candidates answered my question. All of them spoke strictly and blindly about enforcing the law.<\/p>\n

This is the problem Governor Deal is facing today. Acres of crops ready to be harvested are rotting because so many immigrants have left. The largest industry in Georgia, agriculture, is greatly suffering. Who will do the work? This article suggests not even probationers want to do the demanding field work.

Georgia puts probationers to work<\/a><\/p>\n

If you wonder about my stance on illegal immigration, read the link that follows. We must approach illegal immigration from a point of human dignity. It\u2019s the same principles and values that make the Church speak strongly against abortion that compel the Church to speak on issues of illegal immigration.<\/p>\n

I am proud of my bishop, Bishop Boland, who apart from the following statement, wrote a personal letter to the governor. I hear the governor wrote back a polite letter where he asserted he would not budge on his stance towards illegal immigration or its reform.<\/p>\n

Georgia Bishop\u2019s Pastoral Statement on Immigration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"