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Atlanta Progressive News(APN) ATLANTA -- Governor Nathan Deal is poised to sign the controversial racial profiling immigration bill, HB 87, into law. He has until May 24, 2011, to sign or veto the bill before it automatically becomes law, that is, forty days since it was passed by the legislature.
Deal is in a bit of a bind because Georgia Republicans are pushing for him to sign the bill, even as he plans a trip to Europe where he will be trying to convince companies to do business in Georgia.
The bill was supported by anti-immigration groups like the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which is listed as a hate group; the extreme right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC); the Ku Klux Klan; and the Correction Corporation of American (CCA), which stands to make record profits from this law.
The bill was widely supported by Republican legislators, who wanted to satisfy their right-wing base.
Those opposed to the bill include the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, the Anti-Defamation League, Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, Asian American Legal Advocacy Center, Catholic Conference of Georgia, Georgia Agribusiness Council, Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Farm Bureau, Georgia Hotel & Hospitality Association, Georgia Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, Georgia Restaurant Association, and the Government Contractors Association.
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