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Dalton Daily Citizen

Opinion

August 7, 2018

Letter: Abrams wrong on immigration

Stacey Abrams’ quote on immigration in the Daily Citizen-News story “Abrams: ‘Those who share Democratic values have not lifted their voice sufficiently in recent years” is indicative of the misdirection anti-enforcement liberals — including some Republicans — offer up on the issue.

Democrat Abrams told the editorial board “she believes immigration is a federal issue. We need strong, comprehensive, bipartisan legislation,” she said. “We cannot have 50 states with 50 different immigration laws.”

What the pols who attempt to pass this worn-out, mindless drivel off as a policy position hope is that voters will not realize that Congress has already passed comprehensive, bipartisan legislation into law on immigration.

The entire nation is supposed to be governed by the existing laws on borders and immigration. What Abrams means is that she doesn’t like the laws we have, she doesn’t want them enforced and that at least 11 million illegal aliens could be voting Democrat if Congress would just make them legal and reward them with U.S. citizenship — like Reagan did in 1986 with that “one time” immigration amnesty.

Abrams says we should ignore illegal employment. This allows black-market labor to continue to keep wages down for working Americans — including legal immigrants looking for a better life who trusted us to honor the pledge of an equal application of the law.

According to the left-leaning Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than Lawful Permanent Residents (“green card” holders).

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Pew Research Center, Georgia has more illegal aliens than Arizona.

Immigration is certainly a national problem, but the concept that every state and local government doesn’t have the responsibility to use the federal tools provided for enforcement is preposterous — and dangerous.

Georgia has multiple laws in place to attempt to safeguard jobs benefits and services from the crime of illegal immigration using programs offered by congress. As a legislator, Stacey Abrams voted against literally every one of them passed when she was in office under the Gold Dome. She also told the newspaper that she opposes Sheriff Scott Chitwood’s 287(g) agreement with the feds to help locate and report illegal aliens who land in his jail after being arrested for additional crimes.

It is difficult to cast Abrams as anything but anti-enforcement on immigration and it is chilling to imagine what laws she would ignore as governor.

D.A. King

Marietta

(King is president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society)

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MAP: Approximately 55.8 percent of all H-2A-certified workers are concentrated in just five states: North Carolina, Washington, Florida, Georgia, and California.

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The Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998 which became effective October 30, 1998, makes identity theft a Federal crime with penalties up to 15 years imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000. It establishes that the person whose identity was stolen is a true victim. Here.

Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998 – Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit identity fraud. Imposes penalties upon anyone who, in interstate or foreign commerce or through the use of a communication facility, knowingly, with intent to defraud, and in order to receive payment or any thing the aggregate value of which is at least $1,000: (1) receives, acquires, obtains, purchases, sells, transfers, traffics in, steals, possesses, or uses any personal identifier, identification device, personal information or data, or other document or means of identification of any other entity or person; (2) assumes, adopts, takes, acquires, or uses the identity of any other entity or person; or (3) attempts, solicits another person, or conspires with another person to commit such offense. Here.

“That 20-year-old law carries with it penalties of up to 15 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.”

Authorizes the United States Secret Service to investigate offenses under this Act, subject to terms of an agreement to be entered with the Secretary of the Treasury.

Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide for sentencing enhancements for a defendant who is convicted of an offense under this Act in connection with another specified offense, based on: (1) the number of victims involved; (2) whether the offense involves the stealing or destroying of a quantity of undelivered U.S. mail; and (3) the potential loss that could have resulted from such offense.

“USCISDemocrats and those centrist Republicans unwilling to get serious about stopping illegal immigration need to be made to explain why they are OK with this widespread form of ID theft, which is a felony under the federal Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998. That 20-year-old law carries with it penalties of up to 15 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.”

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MANDATING E-VERIFY NATIONWIDE WOULD BUILD AN ELECTRONIC WALL TO CURB ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

August 2, 1018
President Trump tweeted Sunday that he “would be willing to shut down government” at the end of September if Congress doesn’t get serious about border security.

In the tweet—and in a follow-up tweet Monday—the president renewed his call for faster funding of a border wall but curiously made no mention of another border security measure that arguably would be as effective as the wall at curbing illegal immigration.

That would be mandating the use by all employers of E-Verify, the federal database to confirm that their workers are in the country legally.

Trump called for the E-Verify mandate in a campaign stump speech two years ago in August 2016, but it since seems to have fallen down the memory hole.

If jobs are the magnet that attracts illegal immigrants to and across the southern border, it follows that to “demagnetize” illegal immigration will require eliminating, or at least dramatically reducing, the lure of employment here.

But in the reporting on the debate in Congress in late June on immigration-reform legislation, there was virtually no mention of E-Verify, which likely would do at least as much to curtail illegal border-crossing as Trump’s proposed “big, beautiful wall.”

(That’s not to suggest that the two are mutually exclusive. To the contrary, together they would be doubly effective.)

The tougher of the two immigration bills that Congress debated and voted on last month did include the requirement that all employers utilize the federal E-Verify database.

It went down to defeat 193-to-231 on June 21, however, with 41 centrist Republicans joining all 190 Democrats who voted in opposition.

That made it clear that neither open-borders liberals who crave more than anything else a “path to citizenship” for undocumented future Democratic voters nor the Main Street Partnership-style moderate Republicans who carry water for the Chamber of Cheap Labor are serious about addressing the problem of illegal immigration.

Coincidentally, that vote came just a day after federal immigration-enforcement personnel arrested 146 workers in a raid at a meatpacking plant in Salem, Ohio. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Fresh Mark might have knowingly hired illegal immigrants, many of whom were fraudulently using identifications of U.S. citizens.

Democrats and those centrist Republicans unwilling to get serious about stopping illegal immigration need to be made to explain why they are OK with this widespread form of ID theft, which is a felony under the federal Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998. That 20-year-old law carries with it penalties of up to 15 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000….More here

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Insider Advantage Georgia

August 1, 2018

GA Budget and Policy Institute: ‘Immigration enforcement not worth expense’

D.A. King
“The concept that I should stop a program that deports illegal aliens who have committed crimes in our community defies logic.” – Gwinnett Sheriff Butch Conway responding to critics who say local immigration enforcement is too expensive.

The most recently released Georgia Budget and Policy Institute “study” aimed at an end to voluntary local government cooperation with federal immigration authorities should move GBPI from a “left-leaning on immigration” description to solidly “anti-enforcement.”

And it should be long remembered.

Wesley Tharpe, author of the GBPI’s ‘Voluntary Immigration Enforcement a Costly Choice for Georgia Communities’ presents a rather bizarre and anti-American argument that locating, holding and turning over illegal aliens to ICE – after they have already been captured for suspicion of other crimes – is too costly. And is bad for children. And that removing illegal aliens from Georgia communities has a negative effect on public safety.

We can’t help but note that the GBPI opposition to honoring ICE detainers and to 287(g) agreements is based on the usual mindless talking points that are endlessly put forth by the usual anti-borders suspects on the far left, including GALEO, the Democratic Socialists of America and the discredited Alinsky-ites at the SPLC.

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While the report acknowledges in a graphic that estimates show Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than Lawful Permanent Residents (“green card” holders) – GBPI overlooked informing readers that according to DHS, we also have more illegal aliens than border-state Arizona.

With its focus on monetary cost, the main target of GBPI’s anti-enforcement report is Gwinnett County and the 287(g) agreement Sheriff Butch Conway has had with ICE since 2009. (Full – and proud – disclosure, this writer has worked to promote and create 287 (g) agreements since 2005). Gwinnett has the largest population of illegal ‘victims of borders’ in the state. But, GBPI is careful to exclude the human costs of illegal immigration and the crime it creates in Georgia.

Gwinnett Sheriff Butch Conway responds with pro-enforcement facts

Here is some public safety-related information not included in the GBPI report from Gwinnett County Sheriff Conway, taken from a statement he sent to this writer on Monday.

“In regard to the cost of locating and reporting illegal aliens in our jail who have committed additional crimes, we point to the results of the original 2009 trial “surge” in the preparation for our 287(g) agreement. That process resulted in federal immigration enforcement officials identifying 914 foreign-born inmates in the Gwinnett County jail for deportation.

This was conducted over a 26-day period.

As previously reported, 489 of the 914 inmates identified as illegal aliens had previous arrests. Some had been arrested and booked numerous times in our jail alone.

Charges for these foreign inmates included, but are not limited to:
Murder 13                     Felony drug offense 154
Rape 15                       Theft of motor vehicle 7
Child molestation 23          DUI 48
Aggravated assault 38        Felony probation violation 42
Armed robbery 28            Hit and run 6
Kidnapping 11                Homicide by vehicle 1
Family violence battery 12    Other felony offenses 45
Burglary 17                    Misdemeanor probation violation 55
Felony theft 34               No driver’s license 226

Please note that only the most serious charges are listed for inmates with multiple charges.

I have no doubt that Gwinnett County is safer today because of the 287(g) program. There are dramatically lower numbers of foreign-born individuals committing crimes in our county since the program began in November 2009.

During that year, our jail processed 14,730 foreign born arrestees” says Conway.

You can read the entire statement from Sheriff Conway here.

The staff at GBPI – where the slogan is “we offer thoughtful analysis and responsible solutions to improve the state’s budget, taxes and public policies” – tell us that protecting Georgians from illegal immigration is just not worth it. We do not agree, but would ask for an enlightened estimate on the acceptable monetary costs of removing illegal aliens accused of murder, rape and child molestation from our communities – and how doing so reduces public safety.

And, we look forward to learning where Georgia Budget and Policy Institute stands on “Abolish ICE!”

D.A. King is president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society. Twitter: @DAKDIS