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Strongest immigration bill in the country. >> undocumented workers were spooked by the stringent laws and left for other states that hadnt passed such harsh anti-immigration policies. >> i told many people this is probably the largest economic development job creation bill that the state of alabama has ever passed. >> sure, if by economic development he means states and businesses losing billions of dollars in income and tax revenue. with no undocumented immigrants working, crops literally rotte...

>> and in 2011, alabama did an effort to do just that. crack down on all the immigrants in the workforce. they did it with new laws like making it a crime to transport those in the country illegally. as well as the e-verify system to check a status against the federal data base. >> i believe now we have the strongest immigration bill in the country. >> undocumented workers were spooked by the stringent laws and left for other states that hadnt passed such harsh anti-immigration policies. >> i to...

Cover as a maintenance worker. he was trying to find out what life is really like for the workers, especially the undocumented workerings. gabriel joins me now. first of all, what did you find? >> the most basic conclusion is that in fact the golf industry as a whole could very easily shrivel up without the backbone of their workers, which are latinos, mostly latino immigrants. its estimated that about two out of every three golf maintenance workers in courses across the country are latinos, the...

Effort to do just that. crack down on all the immigrants in the workforce. they did it with new laws like making it a crime to transport those in the country illegally. as well as the e-verify system to check a status against the federal data base. >> i believe now we have the strongest immigration bill in the country. >> undocumented workers were spooked by the stringent laws and left for other states that hadnt passed such harsh anti-immigration policies. >> i told many people this is probably...

Those in the country illegally. as well as mandatory of the e-verify system to check a status against the federal data base. >> i believe now we have the strongest immigration bill in the country. >> undocumented workers were spooked by the newly stringent laws and left for other states that hadnt passed such harsh anti-immigration policies. >> i told many people this is probably the largest economic development job creation bill that the state of alabama has ever passed. >> sure, if by economic...

Taking these jobs. immigrant laborers. theres mainly two ways that farms and citrus groves find workers. one way is the h-2a guest worker visa program, a sort of stopgap measure designed to get immigrant workers in the field without granting them permanent residency. its neither a path to citizenship nor particularly popular with the agriculture industry. so that leaves undocumented immigrants. after surviving a dangerous border crossing, they take whatever jobs they can find and generally live ...

Of course, some people are taking these jobs. immigrant labors. there is maybe two ways that farms and citrus groves find workers. one way is the h-2a guest worker visa program, a sort of stopgap measure designed to get immigrant workers in the field without granting them permanent residency. its neither a path to citizenship nor particularly popular with the agriculture industry. so that leaves undocumented immigrants. after surviving a dangerous border crossing, they take whatever jobs they ca...

New laws, like making it a crime to transport or harbor immigrants who are in the country illegally, as well as mandatory use of the federal e verify system to check a workers documents against the database. >> i believe we have the strongest immigration bill in the country. >> undocumented workers were spooked by the laws and left for other states that havent passed such harsh immigration policies. >> i told many people this is actually probably the largest economic development job creation bil...

Tough new laws, like making it a crime to transport or harbor immigrants who are in the country illegally, as well as mandatory use of the federal e verify system to check a workers documents against the database. >> i believe we have the strongest immigration bill in the country. >> undocumented workers were spooked by the laws and left for other states that havent passed such harsh immigration policies. >> i told many people this is actually probably the largest economic development job creati...

Crack down on all the undocumented immigrants in the workforce. they did it with a campaign of tough new laws, like making it a crime to transport or harbor immigrants who are in the country illegally, as well as mandatory use of the federal e verify system to check a workers documents against the database. >> i believe we have the strongest immigration bill in the country. >> undocumented workers were spooked by the laws and left for other states that havent passed such harsh immigration polici...