Gainesville (Georgia) Times

Mills wants birth certificate required for voter registration

State Rep. James Mills, R-Chestnut Mountain, introduced a bill Monday that would require voters registering for the first time to present their birth certificate. — “This is to protect the integrity of the voting system,” Mills said. “If there were situations where people were being registered to vote erroneously, this would certainly help to deter that.”

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El Paso Times

U.S. military report warns ‘sudden collapse’ of Mexico is possible

Mexico is one of two countries that “bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse,” according to a report by the U.S. Joint Forces Command on worldwide security threats. — The command’s “Joint Operating Environment (JOE 2008)” report, which contains projections of global threats and potential next wars, puts Pakistan on the same level as Mexico…

The command’s “Joint Operating Environment (JOE 2008)” report, which contains projections of global threats and potential next wars, puts Pakistan on the same level as Mexico. “In terms of worse-case scenarios for the Joint Force and indeed the world, two large and important states bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse: Pakistan and Mexico. READ IT HERE

The open borders nuts who have formed an ACLU backed non-profit and their nearly articulate assistants attack Gwinnett Sheriff Butch Conway HERE –

VIDEO HERE

Sheriff Conway deserves our support Please make the calls write the letters and send the e-mails!

The Dustin Inman Society urges its supporters and concerned citizens to make calls and send e-mails of support to sheriff Conway (ADDRESS HERE) and write supportive letters to the editor of the Gwinnett Daily Post. Contact info for Sheriff Conway HERE and for Todd Cline the editor at the Gwinnett DailyPost HERE
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For immediate release 13 January 2008

The Dustin Inman Society
www.TheDustinInmanSociety.org
3595 Canton Rd. A-9/337
Marietta, Ga. 30066
Contact: D.A. King ( contact form on Website)

The Dustin Inman Society congratulates Gwinnet County Sherriff Butch Conway

D.A. King, president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society, today offered his gratitude and support for Sheriff Butch Conway’s effort to take advantage of the thirteen year-old federal 287 (g) training and authority proposed for use in the Gwinnet jail.

“Gwinnett citizens and all Georgians owe Sheriff Conway a debt of gratitude for taking the lead in Georgia law enforcement in use of every tool available to not only reduce, but prevent crime in the community he is sworn to serve” said King.

The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s office has applied to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for numerous deputies to be trained by ICE to expand authority to aid in locating and removing criminal aliens. Presently, ICE is conducting a near month – long “surge” to study the level and volume of criminal alien activity in Gwinnett.

According to a 2008 Gwinnett Daily Post report, Sheriff Conway estimated that 60 percent of the 12,030 foreign-born inmates booked into the jail in 2007 were illegal aliens. According to traffic records, the Gwinnett County Police Department issued 3,379 citations for driving without a license in 2005. That’s roughly nine citations per day.

In 2007 that number jumped to fourteen no license driving arrests per day.

“The dangerous drug trafficking and gang crisis in Gwinnett combined with the public safety concerns of driving without being licensed should be an indicator of the clear need for the sheriff’s office to be trained to serve as force multipliers for our under staffed ICE agency” noted King.

King made the observation that no one is deported for a traffic infraction, only for U.S. immigration violations and that if Gwinnett County begins to aid federal authorities in deporting illegal aliens, it will be operating much closer to the way Mexico handles criminal activity.

“We urge quick approval of the sheriff’s application for 287 (g) training from ICE” ended King.

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Named for a sixteen year-old Woodstock, Georgia youth who lost his life to illegal immigration, the Dustin Inman Society is opposed to illegal immigration, illegal employment and open borders.

Criticism of Gwinnett deportation ‘surge’ grows
By ANDRIA SIMMONS

The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMonday, January 12, 2009

A nonprofit coalition called Georgia Detention Watch on Monday joined a growing chorus of disapproval over a program to deport illegal immigrants in the Gwinnett County jail.

Other organizations such as Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment and the Concerned Black Clergy have also voiced opposition to federal immigration officials’ 26-day “surge,” which began Monday at the county detention center.

The surge is expected to help the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) figure out how many inmates would be handed over from Gwinnett, should the county be allowed to participate in a program that trains local jailers to begin deportation paperwork.

Cobb, Whitfield and Hall counties are already participating in similar cooperative agreements with ICE, as is the Georgia State Patrol.

A press release issued by Georgia Detention Watch said it “condemns in the strongest terms this effort of expulsion of immigrants, many of whom are hard-working members of our communities.” Georgia Detention Watch bills itself as a coalition that includes activists, community organizers, persons of faith and lawyers.

“We believe local enforcement of federal immigration laws leads to racial profiling as well as erosion of trust between immigrant communities and the police, making our communities less safe,” the press release said.

Last year the Atlanta Field Office of ICE, which covers Georgia and the Carolinas, conducted six similar surges in local jails. They are essentially periods of intensified scrutiny over inmates’ immigration status, according to its spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez. Typically, federal immigration officials only screen foreign-born inmates, but during the surge every inmate will be screened.

Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway said the program doesn’t violate human rights or constitute racial profiling. He pointed out that it targets people who have been arrested for a crime.

Those who are here illegally are not immigrants, as this group claims,” Conway said. “An immigrant is someone who has entered the United States legally and has nothing to fear.”

Jail officials estimate that about 60 percent of the 14,084 foreign nationals that were booked into the Gwinnett jail in 2008 were here illegally. Conway says his constituents have clearly communicated they want Gwinnett to participate in the ICE program.

Louise Stewart, who lives in the Norcross area, is one of them.

“I have absolutely nothing against immigrants if they come here and obey the law the way they are supposed to,” Stewart said.

“I know a lot of them are wonderful people. But I think when a person sneaks into the country and they know they can get away with breaking such a big law, they think maybe the other laws here aren’t enforced either. So they break the law.”

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE

On the first day of the Georgia legislative session, the Dustin Inman Society held a press conference to outline the refusal of local governments in Georgia to comply with the Georgia security and Immigration Compliance Act and to welcome Ms. Inger Eberhart as the newest member of the Dustin Inman Society’s Board of Advisors. The event was well attended by local and national media and we are grateful to the many Georgia eleted officials who joned us to show their support.

Inger made some remarks to the assembly that I think are well worthy of recording, which I do below. ( ADDED 23 January, 2009 – Marietta Daily Journal video of entire press conference HERE )

Welcome to the struggle for justice for Americans in America Inger! A few photos HERE

Good afternoon, my name is Inger Eberhart, I am a proud Georgia and Atlanta native. I am happy to be here today.

D.A. King is a tireless advocate for justice for the American worker and I am very proud to be associated with him and the Dustin Inman Society.

I hope to be able to assist D.A. in the wonderful work he has been doing for the last five years. My intent is to spend as much time as possible here in the Capitol during the legislative session doing what I can as citizen to urge all concerned to do everything we can to guarantee the equal application of the rule of law.

I will be focused on the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act of 2006.

Like D.A., I am opposed to the crimes of illegal immigration and employment at any time, but even more so during these desperate economic times when the poorest Americans are losing jobs and services. It is not a secret that the first Americans affected by illegal immigration are black Americans and native born Hispanics.

The U.S. has a rich tradition of lawful immigration and we should be proud of that fact. Having said that, I have been watching it happen, and believe that the constant attempt to blur the line between real, legal immigrants and illegal aliens is a shameful and transparent insult to real immigrants and our history of immigration.

As D.A. points out quite often, it is easy to tell the difference between an immigrant and an illegal alien: Immigrants do not require amnesty.

I believe that our legal immigration levels should be reasonable and sustainable and that immigration should serve the interests of the American people.

Again I am very proud to be here and for the opportunity to be able to join D.A.’s efforts. I will do my best to respectfully share my opinions and provide input on pending legislation in committee during the legislative session.

While I don’t want to dwell on it today, I want to make something very clear: I am aware of an ongoing effort to equate illegal immigration and people who are living in the United States in defiant violation of our laws to the civil rights struggle and African-Americans who in our past have been denied the rights of U.S. citizens.

As a black American, I regard this as a despicable and disgusting affront.

Noting that she was the first black American woman to be elected to Congress from the deep south, I want to close by noting the wisdom of the late Barbara Jordan in one of her 1995 reports to Congress after she was appointed by then president Bill Clinton to Chair a Commission to study and make official recommendations on gaining credibility on immigration: “Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave — deportation is crucial. Employer sanctions can work”.

The Jordan Commission’s advice was as reasonable, valid, and instructive today as is was then. I will be respectfully reminding people of that for as long as necessary.

Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen …and thank you D.A.

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AP report on the event HERE

(ADDED 23 January, 2009 – Marietta Daily Journal video of entire press conference HERE )

Key parts of Georgia immigration law not enforced

Nearly 3 years after tough Georgia immigration law passed, key parts largely unenforced

Kate Brumback, Associated Press Writer
Monday January 12, 2009

ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly three years after the Georgia Legislature passed a sweeping immigration law that was described by critics and supporters alike as one of the toughest in the country, several key provisions are going largely unenforced.

The Georgia Immigration and Compliance Act requires companies with government contracts to use a federal database to screen new employees to ensure they are eligible to work in the United States and to provide a sworn statement to the government. It also requires that new applicants for public benefits be screened to verify their eligibility.

D.A. King, head of the Dustin Inman Society, which pushes for stricter laws to combat illegal immigration, said at a news conference Monday at the state Capitol that local governments are flouting the law. He said he plans to lobby during the current legislative session, which started Monday, for measures to promote enforcement.

“We need to be in the forefront of the nation again,” King told reporters. “We passed the law, now we need to enforce it.”

Under the law, public employers, including local governments, and their contractors must verify the legal work status of their employees using the federal E-Verify database. Contractors must provide sworn statements to the government saying they have run the checks. The verification requirement has been phased in gradually. It currently applies to public employers, contractors or subcontractors with 100 or more employees, but will be mandatory for all starting July 1.

An Associated Press review of U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services figures from the end of August, the most recent available, showed that 97 of Georgia’s 159 counties, or 61 percent, had not signed up for E-verify, and a large chunk of the state’s municipal governments also were not using the database.

Also under the law, every agency or division of government that administers public benefits, such as Medicaid and food stamps, is required to check applicants’ eligibility using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, program.

By last week, according to CIS numbers, only 13 governments or agencies — five state agencies, four county governments or departments, and four cities — had signed up for access to that federal database.

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No kidding…from the New York Times via GALEO HERE

An illegal immigrant from Mexico who was living in Mesa, is facing at least two and a half years in prison for identity theft-related offenses after he bought a $33,000 truck and racked up nearly $800,000 in loans by using another person’s Social Security number, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced today.

Adan Guerrero, 37, pleaded guilty to one count each of identity theft and fraudulent schemes and artifices in Maricopa County Superior Court on Thursday.

Guerrero had used a false Social Security number to purchase the truck and took out $787,000 in loans by using someone else’s Social Security number, according to information from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. He also had used the Social Security number to purchase two cars on credit since 2001, the county attorney’s office said.

In addition, he had used the Social Security number to gain employment, the county attorney’s office said.

When Guerrero went to a local credit union to get a loan for the truck in June, a worker there realized that another customer had the same number, and called police.

At the time of his arrest in June, Guerrero told police they should be arresting real criminals and not a good family man, according to the county attorney’s office.

He will be sentenced on Feb. 11.
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MEDIA ADVISORY 9 January 2008

The Dustin Inman Society
www.TheDustinInmanSociety.org
3595 Canton Rd. A-9/337
Marietta, Ga. 30066
Contact: D.A. King

Community organizer D.A. King will hold press conference to outline local government failure to comply with the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act of 2006.

When: 2:35 PM Monday, January 12, 2009

Where: South Wing, inside Georgia State Capitol

D.A. King, president of the Dustin Inman Society and a recognized authority on illegal immigration and the 2006 Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act (GSICA) will be joined by numerous legislators to make a short statement on massive violations of state law and suggest needed remedies. Questions from the press will be encouraged.

Among the lawmakers who plan to join King in calling for compliance with the law are Senate President Pro Tem Tommie Williams, Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, Senator Chip Pearson, Senator John Douglas, Representative David Ralston, Representative Calvin Hill, Representative Tom Graves and Representative John Lunsford. There is a growing list of many other legislators who will attend and lend support.

“While brave Border Patrol Agents risk their lives to apprehend illegal border crossers, local governments in Georgia are defiantly rewarding the illegal aliens who escape apprehension and make it here with a license to do business. Commercial licenses are clearly Public Benefits under the law” noted King.

In 2006, then state Senator Casey Cagle sponsored a bill (SB 642) that would have established an education and oversight director to “enable compliance with all federal laws concerning public benefits”. Because of the clear need for such an office three years later, the Dustin Inman Society congratulates now Lt. Governor Cagle for his wise foresight.

“Three years ago illegal aliens and their well-funded lobbyists staged massive rallies intended to stop passage of GSICA. At the cost of jobs, benefits and services for Americans, it now seems that many local governments all over Georgia have created their own immigration policy and granted defacto amnesty to the illegal aliens and their employers through their failure to comply with the same law”. King said.

Additional information available HERE

Named for a sixteen year-old Woodstock, Georgia youth who lost his life to our unsecured borders, the Dustin Inman Society is opposed to illegal immigration, illegal employment and open borders.

King lobbied in favor of the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act of 2006 at his own expense.

The Cherokee County Business License application as of today from the official Website HERE.
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