[Amelia]

Not sure how much I'm allowed to put in an excerpt, but there are a number of Mexican workers (legal & illegal) in the western end of that county, some of whom supposedly live in trailers, etc., owned by the sheriff quoted in the article. The same area is very close to Fort Stewart (home of the 3rd Infantry Division, currently returning from Iraq), and it's also within about an hour of the nuclear submarine base at St. Mary's Georgia and Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah.

Most of the Mexicans, so far as I'm aware, work in the fields up in Glennville growing and harvesting Vidalia onions, but they are increasingly doing manual labor in other places in the area, and I wouldn't be surprised to know that they are doing construction at the bases.

[proudofthesouth]

This past week a similar operation was busted in a town west of Huntsville, Alabama.

[mtbopfuyn]

Just doing jobs American won't.

[YaYa123]

My family was stationed at Fort Stewart in Hinesville, and Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah several times. Good post and good description of the area as I recall it.

One other thing I remember...all the complaints about the notorious speed traps set for Florida tourists coming and going through that little corner of Georgia. I guess they were a good idea after all :)

[Amelia]

Thought some of you might be interested in this article about fake ID cards in coastal Georgia. Apparently most of them were generated for the use of illegal immigrants.

[Condor51]

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[csvset]

I wonder what the max amount of time the guy could face for this. I'm thinking it's probably not much.

As an aside, I knew a sailor of Hawaiian ancestory who was pulled over by a Georgia State Trooper. The trooper, noting the driver's swarthy appearance, and hearing an accent, asked the driver for his green card.

"Green card? You mean my license", the driver asked.

The cop reportedly was curt and said something along the lines of , "Don't get smart with me".

The sailor produced his military ID card, (which is green), and said , It's the only one I have.

The sailor said he told the cop," I'm not Mexican, I'm from Hawaii, you know, the 50th state, pineapples, hula girls, you've probably heard of it."

He said the cop was so embarrassed, he let him off with a warning.

[Condor51]

Alejandro has been charged with possession, display, use, manufacture, alteration, sale, or distribution of false, fictitious, fraudulent, or altered identification document and possession of tools for commission of a crime for the laminating and printing equipment.

Nothing to see here, move along people. Alejandro is just another one of those hard working 'immigrants' doing a job that some lazy American refuses to do.

And remember -- family values DON'T "stop at the border".

[deport]

The disturbing thing is that I believe this is prevalent across the country. It maybe more so in areas where the illegals are more concentrated but I think it even goes on offshore for use when they bring them across the borders. However I guess I'm surprised at there only being 35 cards of various kinds.

The workers have moved into the construction industry covering most trade skills. I'm not sure if this is more wage related or more a lack of younger people going into the trades.