Stuff You Missed Over The Weekend: Hispanic's Protest Texas Governor Perry Stance On Immigration

Texas Governor Rick Perry has landed in hot water with the Hispanic community in his home state over his outrageous statements regarding the border and sanctuary legislation.

Texas Governor Rick Perry was met by noisy protesters outside and a lukewarm welcome inside a hotel where he made on Thursday his first major address to a Hispanic group since he said last month that he is thinking of running for president.

In other news Georgia is feeling the effects of passing their anti immigration legislation that mandated the use of E-Verify, an employer verification program which has resulted in much of the migrant farm workers leaving the state.

This has left the Governor with the unenviable task of hiring probationers to pick crops in the field... They lasted 3 hours. The state stands to lose close to a billion dollars if nothing is done.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s program to replace fleeing migrant farm workers with probationers backfired when some of the convicted criminals started walking off their jobs because field work was too strenuous, it was reported Wednesday. And the state’s farms could lose up to $1 billion if crops continue to go unpicked and rot, the president of the Georgia Agribusiness Council warned.

Finally the Associated Press has released a report showing that over the last 10 years the government has spent 9 billion dollars on the border.  Among the expenses:

■ Deployment of 1,200 National Guard soldiers for one year: $110 million

■ One rail cargo X-ray screening machine: $1.75 million

■ Average annual salary of a Customs and Border Protection officer: $75,000

■ Cost of a drug-searching dog: $4,500

Finally, if you have not seen this video of Jose Antonio Vargas, talking about his life as a Pulitzer Prize winning undocumented immigrant, you should. It is amazing.