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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.

Audience:
(laughs)

D.A. KING:
Thank you very much, folks.

Speaker 1:
[Rupert Paul 00:03:18].

Audience:
Woo. Woo.

Speaker 1:
We are going to follow the same-

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Rep Scot Turner. Photo: Ga General Assembly website

Georgia state Rep Scot Turner

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


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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.‬


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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.‬


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Scot Turner Campaign Page ‪D.a. King‪ would welcome any thoughtful feedback to make the best bill possible.‬


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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


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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.‬


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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.‬


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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.”

Many more here from NumbersUSA.

Image: Email from SPLC Action

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:

Opinion: Brian Kemp has a month to decide if there’s room in the inn

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.

CONTACT NOW
Thank you,
SPLC Action Georgia

Candidate Brian Kemp and his Big Truck for rounding up criminal illegals Photo: The Hill

Dalton Daily Citizen News
January, 15, 2020
OPINION
Letters

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)

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Candidate Brian Kemp and his Big Truck for rounding up criminal illegals. Photo: The Hill

Marietta Daily Journal

OPINION

Letters

Kemp’s broken campaign promise

There is a reason we quit the Georgia Republican Party — and it is centered around the fact that in a state with more illegal aliens than green card holders, illegal immigration has become a forbidden topic in an effort to court the fabled “suburban moderates” and Hispanics. This insulting and dangerous treachery is not going to drive conservative independent voters to the polls in November. Including us.

January 7, 2020

DEAR EDITOR:

In November a male foreign national with an ICE detainer was arrested in Marietta for sexually molesting two teenage boys for years starting when the boys were ages 8 and 9. Just after Christmas another alien with an ICE hold, Juan Antonio Gonzalez, was arrested by Cobb police and booked into the county jail facing six felonies including murder, aggravated assault, fleeing police and possessing a gun during the commission of a crime. We know this because the MDJ reported it. Thank you.

While Gov. Kemp is endlessly boasting of his business-first approach to governing Georgia and the “No. 1 for business” ranking from some magazine, what the MDJ and the rest of the state media are not reporting is that these two examples of vicious crimes by illegal aliens illustrate part of a broken campaign promise from Kemp.

Readers who can remember back to 2018 may recall “Brian Kemp’s Track and Deport Plan” which was a particularly detailed campaign pledge to voters aimed at illegal aliens who commit additional crimes. It went like this: “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.”

We have no hope of Kemp going after the employers who draw the “undocumented” cheap labor into our state. That would upset the business donors. But at our house we have been waiting to see Kemp follow through on his tough talk on illegal alien crime. Including the two examples above, we challenge anyone to find any mention from Kemp — or the Georgia media — of the campaign promise, new laws, tracking criminal aliens or illegal alien databases.

There is a reason we quit the Georgia Republican Party — and it is centered around the fact that in a state with more illegal aliens than green card holders, illegal immigration has become a forbidden topic in an effort to court the fabled “suburban moderates” and Hispanics. This insulting and dangerous treachery is not going to drive conservative independent voters to the polls in November. Including us.

Bill Buckler

Kennesaw

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Audio only linked below.