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Bentley Defends Immigration Law

By GoJo Staff on December 3, 2011

When one issue is dominating a governor’s time over all others – it’s a problem.

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley(R) has been spending a great deal of his time defending the new immigration law he signed in June. It is recognized as the “toughest anti-illegal immigration law in the country.”

In recent weeks, the new law has resulted in the arrest of two men working for Mercedes and Honda. One was German and the other was Japanese. They were in Alabama working for two of the state’s top employers.

Bentley says while the arrests “look bad” he doesn’t think they will have any impact on the state’s ability to recruit other businesses.

Read More: Al.com – Bentley Defends Immigration Law

Posted in Guber Trends | Tagged Alabama, German, governor, honda, immigration, japanese, mercedes, robert bentley

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