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(2 Mar 2012) HEADLINE: Few Americans take immigrants' jobs in Alabama --------------------------------------- CAPTION: Alabama's tough new immigration law isn't producing farm jobs unemployed Americans want. Many of those who have ventured out into the fields to pick crops have quit after a single day, telling farmers the work is too hard and not worth the pay. (Oct. 20) ---------------------------------------- [Notes:SOT Titus Howard, Birmingham, Alabama: "They think the work is so hard, so they just turn around. They up and quit."] ON THE FARM FIELDS OF ALABAMA ... THE VERDICT IS IN... THE STATE'S TOUGH IMMIGRATION LAW JUST ISN'T WORKING OUT. [Notes:SOT Keith Smith, potato farmer: "You know, they're putting Alabamians back to work but I my experience that I've had that ain't too good at what they do."] KEITH SMITH SAYS MOST IMMIGRANT WORKERS LEFT AFTER THE LAW TOOK EFFECT... SO THIS POTATO FARMER HIRED AMERICANS. PROBLEM IS ... HE SAYS ... MOST SHOW UP LATE, WORK SLOWER... AND ARE READY TO HEAD HOME AFTER LUNCH. SOME EVEN QUIT AFTER JUST ONE DAY OUT IN THE FIELD. [Notes:SOT Casey Smith: "There's a Hispanic that works for us. I say, 'He makes anywhere from $70 to $100 in a day.' I said, 'If you can keep up with him and do a good job, you can make that.' But they're not physically in shape to do it and probably not mentally tough enough to do it some of them."] OVER ON THIS TOMATO FARM ... THE STORY'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT. [Notes:SOT Brent Martin, American tomato picker: "The bending over and if you're not used to working and kneeling down and bending over and constantly up and down all day long is the grueling part of it, it really is. Other than that it's not any harder than anything else you do."] WITH A NINE-POINT-NINE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ... ALABAMA IS ALMOST ONE PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. TOMATO FARMERS SAY SKILLED FIELD WORKERS CAN MAKE ANYWHERE FROM TWO-TO-THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY. UNSKILLED WORKERS MAKE MUCH LESS ... AND FARMERS SAY MANY AMERICANS ARE NOT PHYSICALLY FIT AND SOMPLY DON'T WORK FAST ENOUGH. [Notes:SOT Jerry Spencer, chief executive of Grow Alabama: "It's just going to take body conditioning, mental conditioning in order to earn enough money to make it worth a day's work."] POLITICIANS WHO SUPPORT THE LAW SAY OVER TIME MORE UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS WILL FILL THESE JOBS. THEY INSIST IT'S TOO EARLY TO CONSIDER THE LAW A FAILURE. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   #alabama #immigrationlaw #economy You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...