Georgia Criminals Harvest Crops in Push to Replace Latino Migrants
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this June 16, 2011 photo, farm workers load a truck with cucumbers on a farm in Leslie, Ga. Just weeks after Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed one of the toughest laws in the country cracking down on illegal immigration, the Republican conservative said probation workers could take the jobs of illegal immigrants whom farmers say are no longer showing up for work for fear they could be deported. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (AP)
In this June 16, 2011 photo, Robert Dawson picks cucumbers on a farm in Leslie, Ga. Just weeks after Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed one of the toughest laws in the country cracking down on illegal immigration, the Republican conservative said probation workers could take the jobs of illegal immigrants whom farmers say are no longer showing up for work for fear they could be deported. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (AP)
In this June 16, 2011 photo, Marquize Roberts hauls cucumbers to a truck on a farm in Leslie, Ga. Just weeks after Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed one of the toughest laws in the country cracking down on illegal immigration, the Republican conservative said probation workers could take the jobs of illegal immigrants whom farmers say are no longer showing up for work for fear they could be deported. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (AP)
In this June 16, 2011 photo, farm workers load a truck with cucumbers on a farm in Leslie, Ga. Just weeks after Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed one of the toughest laws in the country cracking down on illegal immigration, the Republican conservative said probation workers could take the jobs of illegal immigrants whom farmers say are no longer showing up for work for fear they could be deported. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (AP)
In this June 16, 2011 photo, Marquize Roberts takes a break while picking cucumbers on a farm in Leslie, Ga. Just weeks after Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed one of the toughest laws in the country cracking down on illegal immigration, the Republican conservative said probation workers could take the jobs of illegal immigrants whom farmers say are no longer showing up for work for fear they could be deported. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (AP)