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Controversial Anti-immigrant Billboard Goes Up in Georgia
A billboard along a highway in north Georgia urging the undocumented to move to South Carolina has sparked resentment among activists who say it is an example of the anti-immigrant atmosphere that exists in this state.
“South Carolina welcomes the undocumented!” the sign says, adding that “Sen. Lindsey Graham says His State has a Labor Shortage and Wants More Immigrants.”
Graham, a Republican, is one of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” who this week introduced an immigration-reform proposal.
A group calling itself the Dustin Inman Society is behind the billboard.
“Though the Dustin Inman Society has the right to publish that message on a billboard, it’s unfortunate that Georgia is falling behind by the rest of the country and is still putting up barricades against possible future citizens who work and live in the state,” Azadeh Shahshahani, attorney for the ACLU of Georgia, told Efe.
The ad also urged area residents to join forces to “stop the RubiObamaAmnesty,” a way of describing the efforts of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl) and President Barack Obama to bring about immigration reform.
The Dustin Inman Society, which defines itself as a coalition of people “who recognize that illegal immigration and homeland security are the most critical issues in America today,” is headed by columnist and anti-immigrant activist D.A. King.
Published in Latino Daily News
2013-04-20 06:30:07
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