Anyone Who Isn't Native American Need Not Apply. Go Apache.

Hey, have you heard the one about Alabama's new anti-immigration laws? The harshest in the country? Well here's the way it goes. A foreign company wants to open a factory in America to make cars. Alabamans find out and try to lure the company to their state with reduced taxes and exceptional lands and so on. The company says to the Alabamans, Aren't you the folks that don't like outsiders? We're not going there. Yep. The law is backfiring on them. Farmers are trying to figure out how to get their crops harvested because locals won't do it because the work is too hard. Businesses are closing for lack of workers or because owners are fleeing the state. Property owners are trying to keep their lawns and gardens from going the way of the wild. It's even hurting Alabama's tourist industry. As if things weren't bad enough in Alabama, this law is making them out to be the meanest hatemongers in the country. So what's the plus side? Well, a lot of "undesirables" are leaving town. Which means there are more homes empty and available. Just what's needed in a down market, right? This well thought out policy should be tried in one more state and then be outlawed. But it should be done sooner than later. What's the thinking or lack of thinking behind these types of laws? The fear is that these undocumented workers are taking jobs away from Americans. But the thing is, there just aren't many Americans willing to do the physically hard work under harsh conditions for low pay that these jobs represent. Are there some doing more skilled work? Sure, and those jobs pay more. But how come the Americans didn't apply for those jobs? I have my own opinion on that subject. The folks that complain the most are the folks that would sit on the couch in front of the TV and expect companies to come knocking at their doors. Life doesn't work that way anymore.