Media spotlight: UGACRs consulted on immigration reform protest article

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The UGA College Republicans capped off a weekend of support for immigration enforcement, which included a column on Townhall.com and an appearance on Atlanta radio, by contributing to an article in the Athens/UGA newspaper Red and Black on immigration legislation and the current protests.

Reporter DeShaun Harris wrote:

Jeff Emanuel, public relations director for UGA College Republicans, said his group has no problem with immigrants who come to the United States to better their standard of living as long as they do so legally. He feels recent protests are examples of “fear mongering” because many people opposed to SB 529 have not read the actual bill.

“The bill does not take away the right to medical attention, prenatal care or anything like that. It also doesn’t take away in-state tuition (for illegal immigrants)— it leaves that up to the Board of Regents,” Emanuel said.

As he sees it, the bill is not an anti-immigration bill but rather a way to prevent employers from negatively influencing the job market by hiring illegal immigrants at below minimum wage without tax documentation.