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Cherokee Tribune

Hardening illegal immigration laws
Published: 10/23/2008

By Ashley Fuller
Cherokee Tribune Staff Writer

Cherokee County leaders next month will introduce legislation to again try and crackdown on illegal immigration.

The county Board of Commissioners has called for a public hearing to be conducted at 6 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Cherokee County Administration Building.

The hearing will be to amend the county code to prohibit property owners from knowingly harboring illegal aliens and to suspend the business license of any company that knowingly hires illegal aliens.

The new ordinance, which still is being drafted, both incorporates and expands upon a measure introduced by the board nearly two years ago that has been stalled every since by litigation.

“The situation isn’t gone. It still needs to be addressed,” Commissioner Karen Bosch, who proposed the original ordinance, said of illegal immigration problems in the county.

In December of 2006, the board voted to make it illegal to rent or lease property to illegal immigrants. A lawsuit was filed against the county by the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the law firms Troutman Sanders LLP and Hernan, Taylor & Lee. An injunction was placed on the county by a U.S. District Court judge to prevent enforcement, and the lawsuit was stayed and is still pending.

The new measure includes the provisions about harboring illegals and expands it to cover employment. Angie Davis, attorney for the county government, said the county has been watching similar lawsuits play out in other states.

“We have seen ordinances similar to the one put forth meet with great success in the courts,” she said.

One example of a favorable ruling came earlier this year in Arizona when a U.S. District Court Judge in Phoenix upheld a law that gave the state the authority to seek the suspension and revocation of business licenses of employers that knowingly hire unauthorized workers.

If the new ordinance passes, Davis said the county would seek to have the lawsuit related to the 2006 proposal dismissed.

Jamie Hernan of Hernan, Taylor & Lee said he would withhold comment until seeing the new ordinance.

Scheduled to appear at the public hearing is Kris Kobach, a nationally known expert on immigration law who the board has hired to help its cause.

An attorney and chairman of the Kansas Republican Party, Kobach assisted in the Arizona case and served as lead lawyer on the successful defense of a Valley Park, Mo. ordinance sanctioning employers who hire illegal immigrants.

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To the editor: Ethics probe on immigration may be necessary
Michael Schreiner
Lawrenceville

This letter is in regard to the article “Activist: Immigration law skirted” (Oct. 14, Page 1A). I applaud Mr. King’s stand on the issue of checking immigration status of everyone applying for business licenses.

I’m wondering why it takes Gwinnett County 13 months to finally start enforcing a state law that has an impact on national security. And who are these business people and lobbyists who can pressure local governments into not enforcing duly enacted laws?

I think this calls for an investigation by the state’s Ethics Commission.

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Gwinnett Daily Post

To the editor: County fails to act swiftly to check immigrant status
Ernest Wade
Loganville

My thanks to D.A. King of the Dustin Inman Society for letting us know about the foot-dragging of Gwinnett County authorities in checking the immigration statuses of those applying for business licenses. Seems like the county refuses to perform this check if the illegal alien seeking a business license has a partner.

There isn’t an illegal worth his salt who can’t find someone, anyone, who is willing to become a faux partner on paper. David O’Kelly of the county’s license department made the irrelevant statement that business owners are a fairly equal mix of sole owners and multimember corporations. So what?

The county is obviously playing games with us when they refuse to perform this needed citizenship check on renewals, a possible loophole that I am sure was not the intent of our state lawmakers. Kind of like what do you mean by “is” as determined by a lawyer.

I am also becoming very upset with Chairman Charles Bannister and perhaps Sheriff Butch Conway because of their failure to implement 287(g), which allows Gwinnett law enforcement officers to verify citizenship of suspected illegal aliens who are arrested. Seems like a “paperwork problem” has effectively stalled this program. To really believe Gwinnett County is incapable of filling out an application is ludicrous. What better to sabotage the process?

If our politicians refuse to protect us from illegal aliens, then perhaps it’s time to de-elect those who refuse to actually enforce our laws. Mr. King was also right on in his belief that Gwinnett County businesses want cheap, no-benefit labor no matter the cost to, or the effect on, the citizens.

I want Gwinnett County to finally put us on at least an equal status with businesses.

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New York Post s

Previously deported illegal alien thug in subway melee; 2 cops shot

A fare-beater caught sneaking into a Queens subway last night coldly shot two cops with one of their own guns after he knocked them to the station-platform floor, authorities said. — The gunman then bolted – weapon still blazing at the wounded Anti Crime transit cops – and ran into a lieutenant who dodged the suspect’s bullets and pumped four of his own into him…

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NewsMax.com

Obama wants 12 million illegals to get citizenship

A Barack Obama administration would be a “nation killer” if Democrats attain a “supermajority” in the Senate, a leading conservative figure on immigration warned Tuesday. — Obama also has said he wants to make the 12 million illegal aliens in the U.S. citizens as soon as he can — an amnesty program that would make them legally entitled to full government benefits, including Social Security and health care.

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The Gwinnett County (Georgia) Commission Chairman has set a policy that rewards illegal aliens with business licenses – in direct violation not only of federallaw, but also state law (HERE)

I ordered the plaque today to present to Chairman Bannister Tuesday evening at the Gwinnett Commissioners meeting. The Board holds a public hearing on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm. These meetings are held in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, there is a public comment period at the end of the meeting. It is videotaped. The media is normally there. Chairman Bannister enjoys hearing from citizens…where ever they live. (HERE)

UN-ENFORCEMENT UN-AWARD
Immigration Politics Over Immigration Law

Presented to Gwinnett County Chairman Charles Bannister

In sad but knowing recognition of an efficient, exceedingly clear and shameful effort to ignore the lessons of 9/11, to reward un-caught illegal aliens, to defeat the dangerous mission of the United States Border Patrol and to obfuscate the rule of law in Georgia.

This un-award is presented by D.A. King as president of the Dustin Inman Society for your tireless personal and professional attempts to grant county level amnesty to illegal aliens and those who assist and enable these criminals.

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. “Abraham Lincoln

This 28th day of October, 2008
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Comments:

My father and I have been in the masonry business for over 40 years. In the last 5 years, our work has become almost non-existant due to illegals. We are on the verge on having to shut down the family business and find other work. I have already called about the e -verify bill. I hope more can be done. Keep up the good work.

B.K.
Hartwell, Ga.

CNN

Monthly job losses cut across 41 states

The number of states suffering monthly job losses more than doubled in September, with Michigan losing the greatest number of jobs, according to a government report released Tuesday. — Private sector and government jobs fell in 41 states and the District of Columbia last month, the Labor Department said. By comparison, only 18 states reported monthly job losses in August…

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Socialism

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and the creation of an egalitarian society.[1][2] Modern socialism originated in the late nineteenth-century working class political movement. Karl Marx posited that socialism would be achieved via class struggle and a proletarian revolution which represents the transitional stage between capitalism and communism.[3][4]

Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital, and creates an unequal society. All socialists advocate the creation of an egalitarian society, in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly, although there is considerable disagreement among socialists over how, and to what extent this could be achieved.[1]

Socialism is not a discrete philosophy of fixed doctrine and program; its branches advocate a degree of social interventionism and economic rationalization, sometimes opposing each other. Another dividing feature of the socialist movement is the split on how a socialist economy should be established between the reformists and the revolutionaries. Some socialists advocate complete nationalization of the means of production, distribution, and exchange; while others advocate state control of capital within the framework of a market economy. Social democrats propose selective nationalization of key national industries in mixed economies combined with tax-funded welfare programs; Libertarian socialism (which includes Socialist Anarchism and Libertarian Marxism) rejects state control and ownership of the economy altogether and advocates direct collective ownership of the means of production via co-operative workers’ councils and workplace democracy.

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