Georgia SAVE program users and pending applications for use . List from U.S. DHS/SAVE as of January 11, 2010

ACTIVE SAVE USERS

Organization Name Active As OfBulloch County Board of Commissioners 20-Nov-2009

Carroll County Board of Commissioners 15-Dec-2009
Cherokee County Board of Commissioners 27-May-2009
City of Acworth 01-Oct-2008
City of Avondale Estates 23-Oct-2009
City of Bainbridge 20-Nov-2009
City of Berkeley Lake 29-Dec-2009
City of Blairsville 04-Nov-2009
City of Cartersville 07-Dec-2009
City of Chamblee 06-Nov-2009
City of Dalton 10-Sep-2009
City of Davisboro 15-Dec-2009
City of Duluth 20-Nov-2009
City of Dunwoody 29-Dec-2009
City of Eastman 29-Dec-2009
City of Glennville 20-Nov-2009
City of Grayson 08-Dec-2009
City of Lula 03-Dec-2009
City of Marietta 11-Sep-2008
City of Pooler 04-Nov-2009
City of Roswell 13-Apr-2009
City of Rutledge 30-Dec-2009
City of Sandersville 07-Dec-2009
City of Sandy Springs 08-Dec-2009
City of Smyrna 06-Jan-2009
City of Sugar Hill 07-Dec-2009
City of Suwanee 08-Dec-2009
City of Thomasville 14-Oct-2009
City of Tybee Island 03-Dec-2009
City of Union City 12-Sep-2007
City of Union Point 20-Nov-2009
City of West Point 08-Dec-2009
Cobb County and Douglas County Community Services Board 19-Aug-2008
Cobb County Government 13-Jul-2007
Columbus Consolidated Government 07-Dec-2009
Coweta County 06-Nov-2009
Douglas County Board of Commissioners 11-Nov-2009
Forsyth County 04-May-2009
Georgia – Department of Driver Services 22-May-2006
Georgia – Department of Human Services 21-Apr-2004
Georgia – Dept of Labor 01-Apr-2004
Georgia – Secretary of State/PLB Division 07-Jul-2008
Georgia Composite Medical Board 06-Feb-2009
Gilmer County Planning and Zoning 20-Nov-2009
Gwinnett County Bd of Commissioners 02-Jul-2008
Hall County Board of Commissioners 15-Oct-2008
Heard County Board of Commissioners 08-Dec-2009
Henry County Government 11-Sep-2009
Lawrenceville Police Department 15-Apr-2009
Morgan County Board of Commissioners 15-Dec-2009
Pike County Board of Commissioners 16-Dec-2009
South Georgia Community Service Board 17-Aug-2009
Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia 06-Feb-2009
Total: 53

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Agencies with PENDING APPLICATIONS

Organization Name

Ben Hill County Commissioners Office
Bibb County Government
Bleckley County Government
Board of Commissioners of Turner County
Brooks County Board of Commissioners
Burke County
Calhoun Co. Board of Commissioners
City Barnesville, Georgia
City of Albany
City of Alma Georgia
City of Americus
City of Arabi
City of Arcade
City of Atlanta
City of Attapulgus
City of Auburn
City of Ball Ground
City of Baxley
City of Blackshear
City of Blythe
City of Bogart
City of Bowdon
City of Buford
City of Byron
City of Cairo
City of Calhoun
City of Camilla
City of Canton
City of Carrollton
City of Cave Spring
City of Cedartown
City of Chattahoochee Hills
City of Clarkston
City of Cleveland
City of College Park
City of Commerce
City of Conyers
City of Coolidge
City of Cornelia
City of Covington
City of Crawfordville
City of Cumming
City of Dahlonega
City of Dawson
City of Dawsonville
City of Decatur
City of Dillard
City of Donalsonville
City of Doraville
City of Douglas
City of Dublin
City of Eatonton
City of Elberton
City of Eton
City of Fairburn
City of Fairmount
City of Fayetteville
City of Flowery Branch
City of Folkston
City of Gainesville
City of Grantville
City of Gray
City of Greenville
City of Griffin
City of Guyton
City of Hagan
City of Hampton
City of Hapeville
City of Harlem
City of Helen
City of Hephzibah
City of Hiawassee
City of Hinesville
City of Holly Springs Community Development
City of Homeland
City of Hull
City Of Ivey
City of Jackson
City of Jefferson
City of Johns Creek
City of Jonesboro
City of Kennesaw
City of Kingsland
City of LaFayette
City of LaGrange Community Development
City of Lake city
City of Lawrenceville Planning and Zoning
City of Leslie
City of Lilburn
City of Lincolnton
City of Loganville
City of Luthersville
City of Lyons
City of Macon
City of Madison
City of Manchester
City of McDonough
City of Metter
City of Monroe
City of Morrow
City of Moultrie
City of Newnan
City of Norcross
City of Oakwood
City of Offerman
City of Omega
City of Orchard Hill
City of Oxford
City of Patterson
City of Perry
City of Pinehurst
City of Porterale
City of Powder Springs
City of Rebecca
City of Reynolds
City of Rincon
City of Riverdale
City of Rome
City of Rossville
City of Royston
City of Sardis
City of Savannah
City of Sky Valley
City of Snellville
City of Social Circle
City of Sparta
City of Springfield
City of St Marys
City of Stockbridge
City of Stone Mountain
City of Sylvania
City of Talmo, Inc.
City of Temple
City of Tifton
City of Toccoa
City of Ty Ty
City of Varnell
City of Vidalia
City of Villa Rica
City of Walnut Grove
City of Warner Robins
City of Waynesboro
City of Whitesburg
City of Winder
City of Winterville
City of Woodstock
City of Wrens
City of Young Harris
City of Zebulon
Clarke County Tax Commissioner
Clinch County Board of Commissioners
Cobb County Tax Commissioner
Coffee County Board of Commissioners
Colquitt County Board of Commissioners
Cook County Commissioners
Crisp County Board of Commissioners
Dade County Commission
Dalton Utilities
DeKalb County
Dodge County Board of Commissioners
Dougherty County Board of Commission
Evans County Board of Commissioners
Fayette County
Floyd County
Fulton County Dept of Family and Children Services (DFACS)
Fulton County Managers Office/ Board of Commissioners
Georgia Department of Insurance
Georgia Mountains RC
Georgia Municipal Employees Benefits System
Glynn County Board of Commissioners
Greene County Board of Commissioners
Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner
Haralson County
Harris County Commissioners
Houston County Board of Commissioners
Jenkins County Board of Commissioners
Johnson County Board of Commissioners Office
Lowndes County Board of Commissioners
Lumpkin County
Macon County Board of Commissioners
Madison County Government
Newton County
Newton County Board of Commissioners
Oconee County Board of Commissioners
Ogeechee Behavioral Health Services
Oglethorpe County Board of Commissioners
Paulding County
Putnam County Board of Commissioners
Serenity Behavioral Health Systems
Spalding County Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Georgia Office of Bar Admissions
Talbot County Board Of Commisssioners
Technical College System of Georgia
Terrell County Board of Commissioners
Thomas County Board of Commissioners
Tift County Board of Commissioners
Town of Alto
Town of Bethlehem
Town of Braselton
Town of Mount Airy
Town of Pine Mountain
Town of Portal
Town of Riverside
Town of Sumner
Town of Talking
Town of Tallulah Falls
Town of Thunderbolt
Town of Toomsboro
Town of Tyrone
Town of Woolsey
Troup County Board of Commissioners
Unified Government of Cusseta-Chattahochee County
Unified Government of Webster County
Upson County Board of Commissioners
Walton County Board of Commissioners
Warren County Board of Commissioners
Washington County Board of Commissioners
Wayne County Commission
White County
Whitfield County Board of Commissioners
Wilkinson County Board of Commissioners
Total: 221

Parents: Son Killed By Illegal Immigrant
Dustin Inman Was Killed 9 Years Ago
CBS Atlanta June 16, 2009

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A Cherokee County couple is speaking out against President Obama’s plans to legalize millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

Their only son was killed by a man they said is an illegal immigrant.

Dustin Inman was killed nine years ago and his parents are holding a vigil Tuesday night in Acworth at his grave site at Rolling Hills Cemetery.

Each year the pain gnaws at the hearts of his parents Billy and Kathy Inman.

“There’s a hole in my heart that’ll never be healed,” said Billy Inman.

Back in 2000, a car slammed into the Inman’s family car at an intersection in Ellijay.

Dustin Inman was just 16-years-old at the time.

“It just breaks my heart. I don’t get to hug him. I keep him in my heart and my mind daily. It’s just hard,” said Billy Inman.

Kathy Inman suffered a brain injury and was hurt so badly she’s still confined to a wheelchair.

“I’m in pain every single second of the day,” said Kathy Inman.

Authorities said Gonzalo Harrell Gonzalez, the man accused of causing the wreck, is an illegal immigrant.

Gonzalez took off after being taken to the hospital that night, never to be found again.

“It’s not right,” said Billy Inman.

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Coming soon to many Georgia communities; DHS/ICE Secure Communities program

Secure Communities: A Comprehensive Plan to Identify and Remove Criminal Aliens (Secure Communities) is working with ICE senior leadership and offices, as well as the broader law enforcement community, to better identify criminal aliens, prioritize enforcement actions on those posing the greatest threat to public safety, and transform the entire criminal alien enforcement process. Through improved technology, continual data analysis, and timely information sharing with a broad range of law enforcement agency (LEA) partners, we are helping to protect communities across the country.

From the ICE Website:

Mission
The Secure Communities strategy seeks to improve public safety by implementing a comprehensive, integrated approach to identify and remove criminal aliens from the United States. We coordinate all ICE planning, operational, technical, and fiscal activities devoted to transforming, modernizing, and optimizing the criminal alien enforcement process.

Background & Timeline
Congress provided the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with funding in FY 2008 to “improve and modernize efforts to identify aliens convicted of a crime, sentenced to imprisonment, and who may be deportable, and remove them from the United States once they are judged deportable.”

Strategy to Accelerate and Expand Secure Communities

The Secure Communities strategy entails several steps to responsibly accelerate the development and expansion of the plan. With this approach we focus first on the most dangerous criminal aliens in locations where analysis determines they are most likely to reside. Prioritized deployment will deliver biometric identification to jurisdictions with the highest percentages of criminal aliens in the United States. Specifically we will:

Use modeling techniques to prioritize deployment to locations with the greatest amount of violent crimes committed by foreign-born persons.

Use modeling techniques to determine optimal transportation modes, logistics, and bed space capacity, and procure the right resources necessary to manage increased capacity throughout the immigration system.

Strengthen coordination of ICE efforts to prioritize apprehension and removal of at-large criminal aliens (those not currently in custody
Work with related programs, both within ICE and beyond, to identify additional process improvements.

For those of you who sometimes tell me you aren’t sure what to say in your letters to the editor…

Outstanding letter to the editor from my pal Dave Gorak

Letter to the editor published in Chicago’s Daily Herald

Your Jan. 3 story, “Immigration reform needed to avert violence, speaker says,” is indeed disturbing, but not for the reason one would suspect. What’s so troubling about this piece is that Rachel Heuman was permitted to go unchallenged to paint as racist and anti-immigrant everyone, including me, who supports strict enforcement of our immigration laws and opposes amnesty for illegal aliens. By no stretch of the imagination can you accept the Shenandoah, Pa., crime she referred to as evidence to support her outrageous statements.

Her rhetoric is very common among the many fringe groups that attempt to demonize and silence opposition to their own agendas. Was Barbara Jordan, the first black woman from the Deep South to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and who later chaired President Clinton’s immigration reform commission, a “racist” when she said illegals must be deported if our immigration policy is to have any credibility? Was she using “distorted facts” when she advocated for protecting the most vulnerable Americans from a flood of foreign workers?

It’s also ironic that Heuman, who says she participated in the United Farm Workers’ (UFW) grape and lettuce boycotts of the 1970s, would be advocating for illegal aliens when the UFW’s founder Cesar Chavez condemned illegal immigration because it undermined his struggle to improve the lives of agricultural workers here legally.

In his 1979 testimony before a U.S. Senate subcommittee, Chavez said: “. . . when the farm workers strike and their strike is successful, the employers go to Mexico and have unlimited, unrestricted use of illegal alien strikebreakers to break the strike. And, for over 30 years, the Immigration and Naturalization Service has looked the other way and assisted in the strikebreaking. I do not remember one single instance in 30 years where the Immigration Service has removed strikebreakers. … The employers use professional smugglers to recruit and transport human contraband across the Mexican border for the specific act of strikebreaking.”

Shame on Ms. Heuman for using fear and falsehoods when the facts – and common sense – are what’s needed to end our federally manufactured immigration crisis.

Dave Gorak

Executive Director

Midwest Coalition to Reduce Immigration

LaValle, Wis.
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FAST FACT: Rapid REPAT program has saved Georgia more than $204 million… HERE

Boston Herald

Illegal immigrants accused of crimes are sometimes deported before trial in instances where they’re picked up by federal immigration authorities. Some local law enforcement agencies around the country are trying to speed the removal process by using fingerprint technology to check both the criminal background and immigration status of arrestees during the booking process.

Rapid REPAT, however, focuses on illegal immigrants already convicted and imprisoned. Proponents say it spares states the cost of incarcerating inmates who’d probably be deported anyway, allowing immigrant inmates to return to their home countries without completing their sentences.

To qualify, inmates must be nonviolent offenders who have received final deportation orders and who have exhausted or waived appeals of their criminal convictions and agree not to fight their removal. They cannot return to the United States after deportation. Inmates must volunteer to participate in the program.

“To us, if we identify one person, one criminal alien, and get him off the streets and out of the country, we’re happy,” said Todd Thurlow, assistant field officer for ICE’s Boston field office.

ICE touts major cost-savings in other states that use Rapid REPAT or similar programs.

In Georgia, the bureau says Rapid REPAT and a predecessor program had saved $204 million and removed 3,612 criminal aliens as of August 2009. And ICE says its Phoenix field office has removed nearly 2,700 people since 2005 under a program that authorizes the deportation of some foreign-born inmates who have served half their sentences.

Gwinnett Daily Post
Sunday Edition
January 17, 2010

KING: Illegal immigration tore the Rosas family apart

The 2010 push for amnesty for about 20 million illegal aliens will soon be in the news. We will hear that it would somehow help the unemployment crisis. While we follow the ridiculous “we need amnesty again” arguments from the illegal immigration industry, we should remember an American hero named Robert Rosas.

D.A. King

The 2010 push for amnesty for about 20 million illegal aliens will soon be in the news.

We will hear that it would somehow help the unemployment crisis. While we follow the ridiculous “we need amnesty again” arguments from the illegal immigration industry, we should remember an American hero named Robert Rosas.

Robert Rosas is a name that is sadly unfamiliar to most Americans. It shouldn’t be. His tragic story is one of many that represent the other side of the illegal immigration debate that is routinely avoided by the various anti-enforcement, open borders groups and in much of the media.

Rosas, a three-year United States Border Patrol Agent, was gunned down while on patrol on the U.S.-Mexico border near Campo, Calif., in July. He was tracking suspected illegal border crossers — future “undocumented workers” — who were headed north from Mexico looking for a better life when he was killed by multiple gunshots.

In November, Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez admitted entering the United States illegally from Mexico and killing Rosas.

Other individuals believed to be involved in the murder are reportedly still at large.

Who knows, maybe they made it into the interior of the U.S. Maybe they have been rewarded with business licenses somewhere. Maybe they have been hired by an employer trying to save a buck or two on labor expenses. Maybe they will be given a traffic ticket for a broken tail light by an American policeman and then sent on their way as the ACLU demands.

Maybe you will soon see some of them marching with other resentful illegal aliens in American streets demanding legalization, U.S. citizenship and the right to vote.

Killed at age 30, Rosas was one of more than 100 Border Patrol Agents who have died in the line of duty. He leaves behind a wife, Rosalie, a 2-year-old son, Robert, and a now 1-year-old daughter, Allysa.

Rosas’ death — and the legalization agenda — should be remembered when we consider a recent Zogby International opinion poll conducted in Mexico on American immigration policy.

As the top immigrant-sending country for both legal and illegal immigrants, views on immigration in Mexico provide insight into the impact of another amnesty, as well as other questions related to immigration.

Among the findings taken from a report on the poll from the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington D.C.:

A clear majority of people in Mexico, 56 percent, thought giving legal status to illegal aliens in the United States would make it more likely that people they know would go to the United States illegally.

As happened with the “one time” 1986 legalization scheme.

Of Mexicans with a member of their immediate household in the United States, 65 percent said a legalization program would make people they know more likely to go to America illegally. Imagine that.

More from CIS:

• Interest in going to the United States remains strong even in the recession, with 36 percent of Mexicans — 39 million people — telling Zogby they would move to the United States if they could.

• An overwhelming majority — 69 percent — of people in Mexico thought that the primary loyalty of Mexican-Americans — Mexico- and U.S.-born — should be to Mexico. Just 20 percent said it should be to the United States. The rest were unsure.

Like most Americans, Robert Rosas was sure of his loyalty. He died defending his country. His dedication to duty represents the majority pro-American side of the immigration debate.

Radical anti-enforcement, amnesty-again groups constantly howl that any enforcement aimed at illegal aliens who make it past the Border Patrol tears undocumented families apart and makes the community less safe.

They should be reminded of Robert Rosas and his American family.

D.A. King is a nationally recognized authority on illegal immigration and president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society. You can e-mail him through his Web site at www.thedustininmansociety.org.

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Dave Gibson — The Examiner

Illegal immigration fueling U.S. population explosion

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the United States population has reached 304 million. Illegal immigration from Mexico and Central America, and the rate at which they are giving birth in this country is fueling the population explosion…

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Breitbart.tv

Coakley admits she looked the other way on illegals

” I think we need it. And I think we have for too long looked the other way. I think we’ve had a federal policy that doesn’t make sense. I firmly believe that we need a good pathway to citizenship. And I know serving as district attorney we always paid attention to the person and not their status.”

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U.S.. Customs and Border Protection

Latest news releases from Customs and Border Protection

In five separate incidents over the past week, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Douglas Station apprehended illegal aliens who had prior arrests for sex crimes. Agents quickly identified these criminal aliens using the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System…

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