The backlash against illegal immigration just continues to grow:

ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's governor signed a sweeping immigration bill Monday that supporters and critics say gives the state some of the toughest measures against illegal immigrants in the nation.

"I want to make this clear: we are not, Georgia's government is not, and this bill is not, anti-immigrant," Gov. Sunny Perdue said at the signing.

"We simply believe that everyone who lives in our state needs to abide by our laws."

The law requires verification that adults seeking many state-administered benefits are in the country legally. It sanctions employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants and mandates that companies with state contracts check the immigration status of employees.

The law also requires police to check the immigration status of people they arrest.

The measure is believed to be the first comprehensive immigration package to make it through a statehouse this session, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

It is what people want, and it is mostly just common sense stuff - what could possibly be wrong with, say, having the police check the immigration status of those they detain?

Those protestors with their foreign flags did us a really big favor - they brought to public attention just what a large problem illegal immigration is.

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