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Business Summit in Georgia Addresses Immigrant Labor, Reform

June 13, 2012 (1 min read)

"Agricultural and restaurant business leaders say Arizona-style laws aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration threaten their industry.  They're appealing to Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform to avert what they describe as a crisis.  The leaders took part Monday in what was billed as the first immigration summit in the Southeast, where agricultural businesses are prevalent and where an increasing number of immigrants -- many undocumented -- have settled in the last decade.  The summit, titled "Forging a New Consensus on Immigrants and America," drew nearly 200 business owners, farmers, clergy, political leaders and police from such states as Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee as well as Georgia, the site of the gathering." - Elizabeth Llorente, FNL, June 12, 2012.