The Bill recently signed into law by Dr. Dr. Bentley will adversely impact the rebuilding immensely. Construction costs will skyrocket due to the coming labor shortage. A similar law passed in Georgia has Georgia farmers poised to lose millions of dollars in unharveted, rotting crops.

The law needs to be repealed now. The exodus of skilled and unskilled labor has already begun in anticipation of the Sept. 1 effective date of the toughest anti-immigrant law in the nation.