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-- back tonight in the dobbs form Crisco back to secretary of state of Kansas attorney Alberto -- -- his junior.
Let let's go back to Alabama for just a moment -- And interviews -- been conflicting reports out of Alabama one.
A number of folks saying that you know the intent of this law was not to reduce the number of illegal immigrants.
Farmers bemoaning the lack of about -- in the labor force there.
Some in construction.
And now news that the unemployment rate is actually declined an Alabama your thoughts.
Well it's amazing what's happened the law was passed in June and it went into effect in September.
And the results are so an amazing success.
Statewide in one month last month Alabama's unemployment rate dropped half a percent.
And that's tied for top in the country of most rapid reduction in unemployment.
And in Marshall county which is where most of the illegal aliens are one of the -- where most concentrated.
In a four month period.
Unemployment dropped from 10%.
Down to basically 8% two months dropped 2% drop informants.
Can you imagine that's about 900 families that now have a job and to put food on the table.
Where illegal aliens left and US citizens or legal aliens took those jobs -- mean that's that's exactly what the legislature wanted to have happen.
More jobs for US citizens and people who play by the rules.
-- your reaction to those numbers.
Those are great numbers but let's wait and see this over attempt -- trying to time you know did say that there's a three or four month reaction to legislation I think -- a little premature.
We like to see things over the spread of the year and perhaps we're gonna get their Chris I hope we do.
But I think what we do you really need to focus on -- the greater solutions to this problem.
And if the intent was to remove -- it undocumented illegal immigrants from.
The state of Alabama that question then becomes -- the answer that becomes that went elsewhere and where did they go.
And we really need to address his policy on a comprehensive.
Out of me comprehensive amnesty I mean on a fifty state basis at our national pay I don't know that you're with a comprehensive -- I'll let trauma were -- CAA half percent drop in unemployment -- make any foreign minister is a perfect model for what he'd like to see yeah I.
You know and speaking of language comprehensive -- which became the buzz word for everything that -- that Washington wanted to in both political parties to obfuscate.
Of the word is going away it's losing its service ability.
But it's dangerous -- to see the language in the illegal immigration debate becoming more transparent.
-- code words less obfuscation more direct this.
People are almost laughed -- when they use the expression for example -- undocumented worker when referring to an illegal immigrant it's been quite a journey has.
It has been the facts speak for themselves we know what the law says we know what the situation is let's get on beyond the rhetoric and deal with the issues.
We've got individuals who are here illegally in this country we have laws that do not work in terms of Visa numbers.
Those are the issues that need to be addressed and border security needs come first we August that -- right.
-- or are we thank you very much as always great to see you -- -- thank you so much.
That our current us we thank you.
