Gwinnett County Commissioner Marlene Fosque. Image Gwinnett County website
Gwinnett Daily Post
January 24, 2020
‘Tentative’ decision reached in Fosque ethics case, announcement expected Monday
The ethics board is expected to finalize a decision it has tentatively reached in Dustin Inman Society founder D.A. King’s ethics complaint against Gwinnett Commissioner Marlene Fosque on Monday, the board’s chairman has confirmed.
The decision was reached Friday morning after a couple of hours of deliberation by the ethics panel. The panel spent Thursday listening to testimony from witnesses presented by King and Steve Reilly, who is Fosque’s attorney.
The board is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Monday at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center to go over its decision before taking a vote on it.
“We have reached a tentative or preliminary decision,” ethics board chairman David Will said. “We’ve asked our attorneys to prepare a written decision to incorporate our findings and conclusions.
“On Monday, we plan to review and revise, if necessary, the written opinion and then make our official decision.”
King filed the complaint against Fosque last fall after she publicly criticized Sheriff Butch Conway’s decision to invite King to participate in a 287(g) the commissioner hosted in late July.
Although Fosque hosted the forum, it was up to the sheriff’s office to chose the pro-287(g) panelists who participated in the event.
Conway testified on Thursday that he has considered King an adviser to him on immigration matters for several years. Meanwhile Fosque told King, as he questioned her on the witness stand, that she had no feelings of malice toward him.
When Fosque made the comments criticizing King’s participation in the forum during a commission meeting in August, she cited the Southern Poverty Law Center’s assessment of the Dustin Inman Society as an anti-immigrant hate group. King and his supporters have called the SPLC a discredited organization.
Gwinnett County Commissioner Marlene Fosque. Image Gwinnett County website
“I would have to say D.A. King has done work in Gwinnett,” Conway said. “He’s been an adviser to me for a dozen years now (in regard to) 287(g) and immigration matters.”
Gwinnett Daily Post
Immigration debate looms over Commissioner Marlene Fosque ethics hearing
Curt Yeomans
January 20, 2020
Although the ethics hearing held against Gwinnett Commissione Marlene Fosque was intended to determine whether she acted unethically by publicly criticizing Dustin Inman Society founder D.A. King’s participation in a 287(g) forum, the elephant in the room kept raising its head.
That elephant was the debate over U.S. immigration policy and the role of race in that debate.
“They were trying to make that case on some things that we don’t think are relative to our determination,” ethics board chairman David Will said after the hearing. “It’s not a public forum where we’re having a discussion on that. We’re trying to decide, based on (King’s) complaint, did it violate the code of ethics.”
Although testimony and closing arguments in the ethics hearing wrapped up Thursday, the panel that conducted the hearing is scheduled to reconvene for one more day this week to deliberate and try to reach a decision on whether Fosque’s comments about King violated the county’s ethics policy.
At the Aug. 6 county commission meeting, Fosque cited a Southern Poverty Law Center assessment of the Dustin Inman Society as an anti-immigrant hate group as she denounced King’s participation in the forum.
Fosque hosted the forum, but left the selection of pro-287(g) panelists up to the Gwinnett Sheriff’s Office.
“I have no malice toward you, I don’t know you,” Fosque told King as she testified Thursday. “What my intentions were was to talk to the great citizens of Gwinnett County and tell them who we were not, and also to be able to express to the citizens, my constituents who I represent, that I didn’t invite you.”
Time and again on Thursday, Will had to reign in King and Fosque’s attorney, Steve Reilly, during the questioning of witnesses as queries kept drifting back to the topic of U.S. immigration policy and the immigration movement.
Several statements made by King over the years were brought up during the hearing…. More here.
§ 50-36-1. Verification requirements, procedures, and conditions; exceptions; regulations; criminal and other penalties for violations
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) “Agency head” means a director, commissioner, chairperson, mayor, councilmember, board member, sheriff, or other executive official, whether appointed or elected, responsible for establishing policy for a public employer.
(2) “Agency or political subdivision” means any department, agency, authority, commission, or government entity of this state or any subdivision of this state.
(3) “Applicant” means any natural person, 18 years of age or older, who has made application for access to public benefits on behalf of an individual, business, corporation, partnership, or other private entity.
(4) “Public benefit”‘ means a federal, a state, or local benefit which shall include the following:
(A) Adult education;
(B) Authorization to conduct a commercial enterprise or business;
(C) Business certificate, license, or registration;
(D) Business loan;
(E) Cash allowance;
(F) Disability assistance or insurance;
(G) Down payment assistance;
(H) Energy assistance;
(I) Food stamps;
(J) Gaming license;
(K) Grants;
(L) Health benefits;
(M) Housing allowance, grant, guarantee, or loan;
(N) Loan guarantee;
(O) Medicaid;
(P) Occupational license; (Q) Professional license;
(R) Public and assisted housing;
(S) Registration of a regulated business;
(T) Rent assistance or subsidy;
(U) Retirement benefits;
(V) State grant or loan;
(W) State issued driver’s license and identification card;
(X) Tax certificate required to conduct a commercial business;
(Y) Temporary assistance for needy families (TANF);
(Z) Unemployment insurance; and
(AA) Welfare to work.
(5) “SAVE program” means the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security or a successor program designated by the United States Department of Homeland Security for the same purpose.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Code section or where exempted by federal law, every agency or political subdivision shall verify the lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law of any applicant for public benefits.(c) This Code section shall be enforced without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or national origin.
(d) Verification of lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law under this Code section shall not be required:
(1) For any purpose for which lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law is not required by law, ordinance, or regulation;
(2) For assistance for health care items and services that are necessary for the treatment of an emergency medical condition, as defined in 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(v) (3), of the alien involved and are not related to an organ transplant procedure;
(3) For short-term, noncash, in-kind emergency disaster relief;
(4) For public health assistance for immunizations with respect to immunizable diseases and for testing and treatment of symptoms of communicable diseases whether or not such symptoms are caused by a communicable disease;
(5) For programs, services, or assistance such as soup kitchens, crisis counseling and intervention, and short-term shelter specified by the United States Attorney General, in the United States Attorney General’s sole and unreviewable discretion after consultation with appropriate federal agencies and departments, which:
(A) Deliver in-kind services at the community level, including through public or private nonprofit agencies;
(B) Do not condition the provision of assistance, the amount of assistance provided, or the cost of assistance provided on the individual recipient’s income or resources; and
(C) Are necessary for the protection of life or safety;
(6) For prenatal care; or
(7) For postsecondary education, whereby the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia, the board of commissioners of the Georgia Student Finance Commission, and the board of directors of the Georgia Student Finance Authority shall set forth, or cause to be set forth, policies or regulations, or both, regarding postsecondary benefits that comply with all federal law including but not limited to public benefits as described in 8 U.S.C. Section 1611, 1621, or 1623.
(e) All policies of agencies or political subdivisions regarding public benefits for postsecondary education shall comply with federal law as provided in 8 U.S.C. Section 1623. (f) (1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this Code section, an agency or political subdivision providing or administering a public benefit shall require every applicant for such benefit to: (A) Provide at least one secure and verifiable document, as defined in Code Section 50-36-2, or a copy or facsimile of such document. Any document required by this subparagraph may be submitted by or on behalf of the applicant at any time within nine months prior to the date of application so long as the document remains valid through the licensing or approval period or such other period for which the applicant is applying to receive a public benefit; and (B) Execute a signed and sworn affidavit verifying the applicant’s lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law; provided, however, that if the applicant is younger than 18 years of age at the time of the application, he or she shall execute the affidavit required by this subparagraph within 30 days after his or her eighteenth birthday. Such affidavit shall affirm that: (i) The applicant is a United States citizen or legal permanent resident 18 years of age or older; or (ii) The applicant is a qualified alien or nonimmigrant under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, Title 8 U.S.C., 18 years of age or older lawfully present in the United States and provide the applicant’s alien number issued by the Department of Homeland Security or other federal immigration agency. (2) The state auditor shall create affidavits for use under this subsection and shall keep a current version of such affidavits on the Department of Audits and Accounts’ official website.
(3) Documents and copies of documents required by this subsection may be submitted in person, by mail, or electronically, provided the submission complies with Chapter 12 of Title 10. Copies of documents submitted in person, by mail, or electronically shall satisfy the requirements of this Code section. For purposes of this paragraph, electronic submission shall include a submission via facsimile, Internet, electronic texting, or any other electronically assisted transmitted method approved by the agency or political subdivision. (4) The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to any applicant applying for or renewing an application for a public benefit within the same agency or political subdivision if the applicant has previously complied with the requirements of this subsection by submission of a secure and verifiable document, as defined in Code Section 50-36-2, and a signed and sworn affidavit affirming that such applicant is a United States citizen.
(g)
(1) The Department of Driver Services shall require every applicant for a state issued driver’s license or state identification card to submit, in person, an original secure and verifiable document, as defined in Code Section 50-36-2, and execute a signed and sworn affidavit verifying the applicant’s lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law.
(2) The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to any applicant renewing a state issued driver’s license or state identification card when such applicant has previously complied with the requirements of this subsection by submission of a secure and verifiable document, as defined in Code Section 50-36-2, and a signed and sworn affidavit affirming that such applicant is a United States citizen.
(h) For any applicant who has executed an affidavit that he or she is an alien lawfully present in the United States, eligibility for public benefits shall be made through the SAVE program. Until such eligibility verification is made, the affidavit may be presumed to be proof of lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law for the purposes of this Code section.
(i) Any person who knowingly and willfully makes a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement of representation in an affidavit executed pursuant to this Code section shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section 16-10-20.
(j) Verification of citizenship through means required by federal law shall satisfy the requirements of this Code section. (k) It shall be unlawful for any agency or political subdivision to provide or administer any public benefit in violation of this Code section. Agencies and political subdivisions subject to the requirements of this subsection shall provide an annual report to the Department of Audits and Accounts pursuant to Code Section 50-36-4 as proof of compliance with this subsection. Any agency or political subdivision failing to provide a report as required by this subsection shall not be entitled to any financial assistance, funds, or grants from the Department of Community Affairs.
(l) Any and all errors and significant delays by the SAVE program shall be reported to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
(m) Notwithstanding subsection (i) of this Code section, any applicant for public benefits shall not be guilty of any crime for executing an affidavit attesting to his or her lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law that contains a false statement if such affidavit is not required by this Code section.
(n) In the event a legal action is filed against any agency or political subdivision alleging improper denial of a public benefit arising out of an effort to comply with this Code section, the Attorney General shall be served with a copy of the proceeding and shall be entitled to be heard.
(o) Compliance with this Code section by an agency or political subdivision shall include taking all reasonable, necessary steps required by a federal agency to receive authorization to utilize the SAVE program or any successor program designated by the United States Department of Homeland Security or other federal agency, including providing copies of statutory authorization for the agency or political subdivision to provide public benefits and other affidavits, letters of memorandum of understanding, or other required documents or information needed to receive authority to utilize the SAVE program or any successor program for each public benefit provided by such agency or political subdivision. An agency or political subdivision that takes all reasonable, necessary steps and submits all requested documents and information as required in this subsection but either has not been given access to use such programs by such federal agencies or has not completed the process of obtaining access to use such programs shall not be liable for failing to use the SAVE program or any such successor program to verify eligibility for public benefits.
(p) In the case of noncompliance with the provisions of this Code section by an agency or political subdivision, the appropriations committee of each house of the General Assembly may consider such noncompliance in setting the budget and appropriations.
(q) No employer, agency, or political subdivision shall be subject to lawsuit or liability arising from any act to comply with the requirements of this chapter; provided, however, that the intentional and knowing failure of any agency head to abide by the provisions of this chapter shall:
(1) Be a violation of the code of ethics for government service established in Code Section 45-10-1 and subject such agency head to the penalties provided for in Code Section 45-10-28, including removal from office and a fine not to exceed $10,000.00; and
(2) Be a high and aggravated misdemeanor offense where such agency head acts to willfully violate the provisions of this Code section or acts so as to intentionally and deliberately interfere with the implementation of the requirements of this Code section.
The Attorney General shall have the authority to conduct a criminal and civil investigation of an alleged violation of this chapter by an agency or agency head and to bring a prosecution or civil action against an agency or agency head for all cases of violations under this chapter. In the event that an order is entered against an employer, the state shall be awarded attorney’s fees and expenses of litigation incurred in bringing such an action and investigating such violation.
History
Code 1981, § 50-36-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 105, § 9/SB 529; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 50/SB 46; Ga. L. 2009, p. 970, § 3/HB 2; Ga. L. 2011, p. 632, § 3/HB 49; Ga. L. 2011, p. 794, §§ 16, 17, 18/HB 87; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 50/HB 942; Ga. L. 2013, p. 111, § 6/SB 160; Ga. L. 2013, p. 125, § 1/HB 324.
Moderator
... but for those wonderful introductions. Now what we’re gonna do, is get ready to put that lovely big clock up on the board for all of us to help keep track of, and each of the panelists up hear are going to have an opportunity, depending on if they are on the impact or the benefit side, to explain and discuss with you the position that they feel around 287G, whether from the benefit or the impact position. We’re gonna try and have the folks that are speaking about the benefit to speak in order, and then the folks that are speaking about the impact to follow in conversation.
D.A. King:
Um, thank you. I, first I wanted to thank Commissioner Fosque for hosting an organizing this event. I think it’s a terrific idea. Thank you very much, Madam. Uh, I also want to thank Deputy Shannon Volkodav and Sheriff Butch Conway, uh, for allowing me to speak on the pro side. I am pro enforcement.
D.A. King:
Um, I’m president of the Dustin Inman Society, and as a short piece of history, Dustin Inman was a 16-year-old Woodstock youth who was killed when an illegal alien crashed into the back of his car.
Protesters:
[inaudible 00:01:21]
D.A. King:
I, I’m, I, uh, they don’t bother me. If they’re going to stand up and protest somebody trying to protect Georgia youth that’s up to them, but what I’m trying to say is that Dustin Inman was killed after he had contact three separate times earlier that year, uh, by an illegal alien who had contact with local law enforcement. I am of the opinion that we cannot honor our rich tradition of immigration unless we enforce our immigration laws. My adopted sister happens to be an immigrant.
D.A. King:
When we’re talking tonight, I hope everybody will be very conscious of the use of the word immigrant. An immigrant is someone who comes here lawfully with the intention of permanent residence. You are going to hear that nobody is illegal, which is false. But you’re also going to hear the word immigrant mixed up when they’re talking about people here illegally. It’s disgusting to me and I find it offensive, if, if you could please remember the difference between an immigrant and someone here illegally it will help the conversation.
D.A. King:
I am of the opinion also that a good way to look at the issue of immigration enforcement is there are some people who are pro enforcement and some people who are anti-enforcement. Uh, at an early age, I picked a side, and I picked the pro enforcement side. 287G was created by Congress and signed into law by the president in 1996. In no part of the law does it say it was designed to go after only people who are here illegally who are violent. It’s important to know tonight that all illegal aliens are deportable. Nobody has ever been deported for a broken tail light or driving without a license or a traffic ticket. The sole reason for being deported from the United States is violation of American immigration law.
D.A. King:
Um, I’m often told that we’re spending too much money on 287G. It, it is somehow a waste of tax payer dollars. I can never get people who bring up that point to tell me how much money is too much money to protect American citizens and anybody who lives in Gwinnett County or any place else with 287G. How much money is too much to spend on enforcement? And if we’re not going to enforce our immigration laws, I hope everyone will ask themselves what will happen to our system of immigration.
D.A. King:
I also want to make it clear while I have a little microphone here that the state of Georgia has a law in place that requires the Department of Public Safety to have an agreement with 287G. That law went into effect in 2006. In 2011, that law was altered to require BPS, including state troopers to have 10 officers 287G trained every year. Currently, that law is being defied. BPS does not have a 287G agreement. It is the agenda on the Dustin Inman Society to render that, um, to fix that situation.
D.A. King:
I’m also very proud of a letter that I have on my website, TheDustinInmanSociety.org, from Sheriff Conway to a friend of mine and a, and a pro enforcement voter, thanking me in his letter for helping him get 287G into the county of Gwinnett. I’m extremely proud of that.
D.A. King:
I’ve got three minutes left. But I’ve pretty much said what I think the majority of Americans think. I hope people will ask themselves whether they are pro enforcement or anti enforcement. I’m looking at people up, up in the top of this room with tape over their mouths, holding up signs that says 287G tears families apart. 287G is a tool used-
Protesters:
[inaudible 00:05:29]
D.A. King:
… to determine the immigration status of fo- non citizens when they go into the Gwinnett County jail. Nobody can commit a crime and be punished without being separated from their family if they go to jail. It’s a ridiculous point, but it, it’s a point that is used all the time.
D.A. King:
I’m very proud to be in support of 287G. I look forward to some questions later on. And, so that we can get out of here early, I’m going to give up a minute and 53 seconds. Thank you very much.
Comm. Fosque:
Thank you, Mr. King.
Begin second segment:Speaker 1:
Moderator: All right. We’re gonna try this one more time. We’re gonna turn our attention to our panelists. Each panelist is allowed three minutes, as seen on the clock above, to either respond or create closing comments to tonight’s conversation. We’re gonna begin, um, this side with Mr. D.A. King, please.
D.A. KING:
Thank you. Um, ear-earlier tonight, we were backs-, i-i-in the back of this building in a green room, and the agreement was that we were here to talk about the merits or the benefits or impact, as it was put, of 287G. Earlier, um, I surrendered part of my time in the interest of moving the program along, only to watch, um, an anti-enforcement politician now running for Congress attack me, citing the disgraced and discredited Southern Poverty Law Center. So, much of my response will be that I take back nothing that she cited that I wrote. I was in downtown Atlanta in a 90-degree night watching 500 people in the country illegally scream at us, five of us, of multi-colors that they were never gonna leave our country, and to hell with your laws.
D.A. KING:
So, I, I, I don’t mind if she doesn’t like what I wrote. I, I do point out that each and every time, and I’ve been doing this for nearly 20 years, that immigration enforcement is brought up, immigrants are drug into it, instead of the illegal aliens at whom it is directed, and the race card is pulled out because that is the only logical tool that these people have to oppose the enforcement of our immigration laws.
Audience:
[inaudible 00:01:30].
D.A. KING:
I, I’m still speaking. Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than green card holders, according to the left-leaning Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than Arizona. The alternative to enforcing our immigration laws, folks, is open borders, and I promise you, much of this side of the room is pulling for open borders. That is the final end.
Speaker 4:
No, we’re not.
D.A. KING:
It’s not about hate. Enforcing our laws is not hate. It’s not about-
Speaker 1:
Let him finish, please.
D.A. KING:
I, I’m … You can talk to me later, pal. I’m, I’ll enjoy it. So-
Audience:
[inaudible 00:02:08].
D.A. KING:
The alternative is open borders, folks. Gwinnett County is home to an estimated 72,000-
Speaker 1:
Please let him finish his sentence.
D.A. KING:
… illegal aliens. 8% of the population of this county is judged to be illegal by people on the left who take polls and statistics. Not enforcing our immigration laws is un-American, and it’s anti-immigrant. I am just d-, not just surprised at all. I know there’s a lot of people who are going, “Wow, I can’t believe that the politician attacked a big, bald guy a-as being a white supremacist or white nationalist,” whatever it is. It happens literally every day. The [inaudible 00:02:48] society is made up of people of all colors, creeds, and races, and it cracks me up, and I’m not kidding-
Audience:
[crosstalk 00:02:55]-
D.A. KING:
It cracks me up when the African Americans and the Hispanics on our board of advisors are attacked (laughs) as being white supremacists for the audacity to stand up and say that we should enforce our immigration laws and that the law should be equally applied. There’s a young lady here who’s got tape over her mouth, and she’s so full of hate that she has to take the tape off every once in a while to scream at me.
The below is text from animal relying to several people this morning, including another state Rep replying to someone asking if I know what i am talking about. Below is a facebook exchange from jan 216 with Rep Scot Turner
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES ARE PUBLIC BENEFITS UNDER CURRENT STATE LAW.
Scott does not understand the law as is, which I have worked for literally 15 years. Chip Rogers , SB 529 in 2006. I wrote 2009 HB2 myself. We improved in HB87 in 2011 and again in SB160 in 2013.
OCGA 50-36-1 requires all applicants for public benefits over age 18 to swear they are eligible for benefits due to US citizenship or lawful immigration presence. Then, that legal immigration status is verified using the no-cost federal SAVE program. This “cut the red tape” auto-issue reciprocity nonsense would allow an illegal alien who moves here from other states that do not use a verification system (most states don’t) to receive the professional license without so much as the current required affidavit, much less federal verification.Scott will need to explain how an illegal alien does not have ability to establish “residency” and cannot access the professional license if there is no test, no affidavit swearing to eligibility (status) and no SAVE verification. The current laws on public benefits was put in place for a reason. See also 50-36-2
*This legislation will eliminate the process of SAVE verification. But likely will make GA “ better for business.”
Scott originally replied to me (see his Facebook page for yesterday’s dialogue)that he had changed to a sub that would only allow US citizens to participate in the reciprocity. Then I pointed out he would be stopping legal immigrants and legal temp workers. Now I see this.
I urge all to educate themselves before the establishment starts the push to dismantle the laws in place to make it more difficult for illegals to operate in GA. This will be “an issue.”
Last year GA DOT gutted part of the EVerify law for public contractors because nearly zero legislators understand the laws. The one(s) who did remained silent to stay in the cool kids club.
I am 404-
Scott has started something he does not understand and is now trying to keep a bad bill that cannot improve, only reduce current system designed by people who actually understand system.
dak
Facebook exchange, January 16, 2020
Scot Turner Campaign Page
January 16 at 12:23 AM ·
Unemployment is at historically low levels and the economy is on fire. As a result, we need to address the needs of employers to be able to put licensed professionals to work as soon as possible.
Because of this, I have introduced HB 773, which is modeled after Arizona’s professional licensing law. If someone is in a licensed profession, have a year of experience and have kept a good standing, pass a background check, and show that they understand how Georgia law applies to their profession, their license obtained in a different state would be recognized here. This would make these individuals available to go to work here as soon as they establish residency in the state.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislati…/…/Display/20192020/HB/773
LEGIS.GA.GOV
HB 773 2019-2020 Regular Session
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for reciprocal licensing of professions, occupations, and trades…
D.a. King So you want reciprocity with the many states, California being one, that issue professional licenses to illegal aliens – thereby gutting the intent of OCGA 50-36-1 that many of us worked to create and sharpen over the years? Governor Brian Kemp Edit or delete this Like · Reply · 2d
Author Scot Turner Campaign Page D.a. King there is a committee substitute that would ensure this applies to US citizens. But thank you for your vigilance. Hide or report this Like · Reply · 2d
D.a. King Scot Turner Campaign Page It’s not about citizens, but individuals eligible because of lawful presence. If your sub says US citizens, it is restricting lawful permanent residents (LPR, GREEN CARD HOLDERS -immigrants) and guest workers. Happy to help, but sounds like it still has problems. Please let me know. Edit or delete this Like · Reply · 2d
Author Scot Turner Campaign Page D.a. King would welcome any thoughtful feedback to make the best bill possible. Hide or report this Like · Reply · 2d
D.a. King Scot Turner Campaign Page We will oppose your bill. You are still taking out the SAVE verification process for eligibility provided in 50-36-1. Professional licenses are public benefits. There must be a way to insure only eligible applicants obtain th…See More Edit or delete this Like · Reply · 2d
D.a. King Scot Turner Campaign Page Thanks. I think a lot of you. The concept to remove red tape will inevitably go to less verification. In a state with more illegal aliens than green card holders. I know you are trying to help. My advice is to work towards actual enforcement of existing laws to insure a level playing (job) field for legal residents. Edit or delete this Like · Reply · 2d
Author Scot Turner Campaign Page D.a. King there has to be a balance between that enforcement and the liberty of Americans. I think we can find that balance while ensuring Americans are still free. Hide or report this Like · Reply · 1d
D.a. King Scot Turner Campaign Page Yep. Freedom is reduced when we screen out illegal aliens from public benefits. Now I see. THANKS.
Email exchange with several other people including a mother state Rep who is asking if I know what I am talking about: Jan. 20
Below are just two of many quotes on immigration from Barbara Jordan. We repost them here incase you don’t see them from the hate-mongers at the SPLC.
Prevent Illegal Immigration
“To make sense about the national interest in immigration, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it. Therefore, we disagree, also, with those who label our efforts to control illegal immigration as somehow inherently anti-immigrant. Unlawful immigration is unacceptable.”– February 24, 1995
“Illegal aliens have no right to be in this country. They are not part of our social community. There is no intention that they integrate. As human beings, they have certain rights – we certainly should not turn them away in a medical emergency. As a nation, it is in our interest to provide a limited range of other services- immunizations and treatment of communicable diseases certainly fall into that category. But, if illegal aliens require other aid, it should rightly be provided in their own countries.” – August 9, 199
No to Amnesty
“If people unauthorized to enter believe that they can remain indefinitely once having reached the interior of the nation, they may be more likely to come.” – August 3, 1994
“There are people who argue that some illegal aliens contribute to our community because they may work, pay taxes, send their children to our schools, and in all respects except one, obey the law. Let me be clear: that is not enough.”
FIGHTING HATE // TEACHING TOLERANCE // SEEKING JUSTICE
January 14, 2020
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The Trump administration’s relentless war on immigrants and refugees has reached our very own state. President Trump recently issued an executive order requiring governors to submit a letter of written consent to affirm their support of ongoing refugee resettlement in their state.
A bipartisan majority of 41 governors have already affirmed their support for resettlement so far, making Georgia an outlier. We’re calling on Governor Kemp to continue the life-saving refugee resettlement program here in Georgia.
We need your help! Kemp has until Friday, Jan. 17, to send written consent to the federal government to allow for refugee resettlement in our state. Call the governor and ask him to uphold Georgia’s 40-year tradition of welcoming the world’s most persecuted mothers, fathers, and children.
Can you call Governor Kemp’s office and ask him to affirm his support of refugee resettlement in Georgia?
Call now: 404-656-1776 or, contact the office online.
Not sure what to say? Keep your message short, make it personal, and don’t forget to say thank you!
You can also try this sample message: My name is _____ and I’m from _____, Georgia. I’m calling because I want Governor Kemp to sign a written letter of consent to affirm that Georgia welcomes refugees. The refugee program is important to me because it saves lives and makes our communities stronger. Thank you.
For more context, read Jim Galloway’s op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Trump administration has decimated our country’s refugee intake – from roughly 90,000 each year under the Obama administration to just 18,000 today. We know our country holds true to its ideals when we open our arms and provide refuge and opportunity to those fleeing wars and genocide around the world.
Governor Kemp has until this Friday, Jan. 17, to decide whether Georgia will remain a welcoming home to refugees.
Will you stand with refugees today by calling the governor and asking him to affirm his support of refugee resettlement in Georgia?
Call now: 404-656-1776 or, contact the office online.
Remembering Kemp’s promises on illegal immigration
Gov. Brian Kemp has regularly boasted of his business-first approach to governing and enhancing the climate for corporate profit in Georgia. But the watchdog media has neglected to note the tradeoffs he has made or the trusting conservative voters he has betrayed by ignoring campaign promises.
Surprising few political insiders, illegal immigration seems to have dropped off of the governor’s radar since Election Day 2018.
The left-leaning Georgia Budget and Policy Institute says Georgia is home to more “undocumented workers” than green card holders. The federal Department of Homeland Security says we host more illegals than Arizona.
This, despite state laws passed nearly every year since 2006 to make Georgia inhospitable to illegal immigration. The regulations in place — including the state’s E-Verify laws — would serve the intended purpose if they were actually enforced — or even noted — by Gov. Kemp.
Georgians should realize most illegal immigration is a direct result of illegal employment and must be recognized as the organized crime that it is. Kemp is silent on the entire issue.
“Business friendly” is a term that is counter to “pro-enforcement” on immigration. Dalton conservatives have their own problems in that Republican state Sen. Chuck Payne has pledged his allegiance to the billionaire-funded, anti-enforcement group FWD.us that lobbies in Washington, D.C., and the state Capitol. Payne has described his work with the group as “a moral imperative and a political obligation to my constituents and the health of our country and economy,” according to Georgia Recorder.
Conservative voters who can remember back to the summer of 2018 may recall “Brian Kemp’s Track and Deport Plan,” an extremely detailed campaign promise aimed at illegal aliens who commit additional crimes. “As governor, conservative businessman Brian Kemp will create a comprehensive database to track criminal aliens in Georgia. He will also update Georgia law to streamline deportations from our jails and prisons” went the pledge. We challenge readers to find mention of any of this from the governor — or the Georgia media — since he was elected.
All this is yet another brilliant example of “silence is consent” and will continue until GOP voters find the courage to challenge the governor and the business lobby that has taken over the Gold Dome.
D.A. King
(King is president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society, which advocates for immigration enforcement)
