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USA Today

Obama ponders amnesty scheme during lame-duck session

Another potential issue for President Obama and the lame-duck Congress: immigration. — Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said he might try to meet with Obama to see whether an immigration deal [read: amnesty] can be done before the end of the session…

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Dick Yarbrough — Marietta Daily Journal

KSU badly in need of good external counsel

If Kennesaw State University has a communications department, they may want to get their money back or give taxpayers a refund. The best thing I can say about this bunch is that they make the Cobb County School Board look like a well-oiled machine…

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Cherokee fingerprinting for illegal aliens

Cherokee County on Tuesday joined the federal “Secure Communities” fingerprint-sharing program aimed at deporting violent illegal [aliens]. — Under the program, everyone booked into Cherokee County’s jail will now have their fingerprints checked against millions of others held in a U.S. Homeland Security Department database…

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California Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Giving In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens

Monday, November 15, 2010 – posted on NumbersUSA

Despite federal law prohibiting states from offering in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens, the California Supreme Court has ruled that the state can continue to do so. Justice Ming Chin wrote the decision that continues to allow illegal aliens who attend high school in California to receive a reduced tuition rate even though students from other states don’t get the same benefit

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Arizona Republic — Phoenix

Sheriff’s Office conducting immigration sweep in El Mirage

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a sweep at a landscaping business in El Mirage after a hotline tip accused the business of employing several workers who used identity theft to garner legal employment. — Authorities were told that at least 26 out of 52 employees at Nunez Creative Landscaping could be using stolen identities…

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SAVE USERS IN GEORGIA as of 1 Nov 2010

NOTE: LIST OF USERS AND PENDING HERE

From a report received from the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services/U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Total active SAVE users, all agencies: 300
Some of these have effective dates as late as October, 2010

Total with pending applications, all agencies: 111

*County governments active: 102
*County governments pending: 19 Total: 121
There are 159 counties in Georgia.

*Municipal governments active: 87
*Municipal governments pending: 76 Total: 163

There are 535 municipalities in Georgia

*Both (consolidated governments) active: 3
Pending: 3

*“Other” entities that administer public benefits, active 10
Pending: 11 Total: 21

(Totals may not add to 411 due to counting “Both”)

The number of “other” official agencies that administer public benefits is unknown. Due to language in 2009, HB 2, all official agencies administering public benefits are required to file an official report with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs by January 1, 2011. Assuming there is 100% compliance with that mandate, it will be possible to create a list of all agencies that should be using the application affidavit and SAVE verification system for monitoring purposes.

The list of SAVE users was received from:

SAVE Program, Verification Division
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
Department of Homeland Security

Above complied by D.A. King

8 USC Sec. 1252c. Authorizing State and local law enforcement officials to arrest and detain certain illegal aliens

(a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the extent permitted by relevant State and local law, State and local law enforcement officials are authorized to arrest and detain an individual who –
(1) is an alien illegally present in the United States; and (2) has previously been convicted of a felony in the United States and deported or left the United States after such conviction, but only after the State or local law enforcement officials obtain appropriate confirmation from the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the status of such individual and only for such period of time as may be required for the Service to take the individual into Federal custody for purposes of deporting or removing the alien from the United States. b) Cooperation The Attorney General shall cooperate with the States to assure that information in the control of the Attorney General, including information in the National Crime Information Center, that would assist State and local law enforcement officials in carrying out duties under subsection (a) of this section is made available to such officials. HERE