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GUEST: Arnaldo Garcia, Enforcement Project Director, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

On Monday, Georgia’s Republican Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law, “The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act.” The measure, which will take effect in July 2007, denies undocumented immigrants from receiving many state services. It will also require police to report undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes to immigration officials. The measure, seen by critics as punitive, was quickly condemned by the Mexican Government. Ruben Aguilar, spokesperson for Mexico’s President Vicente Fox, said recently that the measure was discriminatory against the Mexican population and those of Mexican decent. Aguilar also noted that diplomats will monitor its application very closely.