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*Related note: The liberal AJC has altered immigration reporter Jeremy Redmon’s bio that was up for several years. Here is the current bio blurb. Courtesy of the extremely useful WAYBACK MACHINE website, here is the former description of Redmon’s immigration reporting training, which we paste below. Italic emphasis is mine.

“Jeremy Redmon is an award-winning journalist with more than two decades of experience reporting for newspapers. He now covers a variety of topics for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, including immigration, politics and military affairs. Redmon embedded with U.S. soldiers and Marines during three trips to Iraq between 2004 and 2006 and has covered state legislatures and gubernatorial elections in Virginia, Maryland and Georgia. He also reported on the 2012 presidential race across five states. Redmon graduated from George Mason University in 1994 and 1997 with undergraduate and graduate degrees in English.

In 2013, he completed a fellowship with The New York Times Institute on Immigration Reporting at the University of California Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. And in 2012, he completed fellowships at the Institute for Justice and Journalism on Immigration Reporting at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and at the Journalist Law School at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.”

For patriotic, pro-enforcement readers who want secure borders, legal, sustainable and reduced immigration that benefits Americans and protects American jobs, benefits and services from illegal immigration and unbiased, complete and neutral coverage of immigration-releated issues under the Gold Dome, we advise you to regard the AJC employees pictured below as agenda-driven political enemies. We do.

AJC

January 4, 2018

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Your AJC team at the Capitol

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will have the largest group of journalists at the Capitol during the 2018 legislative session, providing expertise that can’t be found anywhere else. Here’s a look at the team:

Bob Andres joined the AJC in 1998. He has held photography and photo editing positions in California, Florida and Georgia. He will produce photos and videos from the Capitol during the legislative session.

Greg Bluestein covers the governor’s office and state politics. He joined the AJC in June 2012 after spending seven years with the Atlanta bureau of The Associated Press, where he covered a range of beats that included politics and legal affairs. He also contributes to the AJC’s Political Insider blog. This is his 14th legislative session and his sixth with the AJC.

Saurabh Datar is a news applications developer at the AJC. He uses computational techniques and programming to report on politics. He joined the AJC in the summer of 2016.

Jim Denery has worked at nine newspapers, mostly in the South, over the past 34 years. He has been at the AJC for 10 years. His primary duties during the session will be editing stories and writing the Capitol Recap, a summary of some of the biggest stories of the week from the General Assembly, with a dash of odd ones thrown in.

Bria Felicien joined the AJC in 2017. She currently works as an audience specialist for Politically Georgia, distributing content through various platforms to reach readers throughout the state.

Jim Galloway has been an editor and writer for the AJC since 1979. He is currently its political columnist and was the creator of its current-events blog, Political Insider.

Ariel Hart will be covering health care during the session. She has been at the AJC since 2005 and worked on its award-winning Doctors & Sex Abuse series.

Mark Niesse covers the Georgia House of Representatives and has been a reporter for the AJC for five years. He’ll report on rural Georgia, medical marijuana, voting machines and religious liberty.

Susan Potter is the senior editor of the AJC’s State Government and Politics Team and has led political coverage for more than nine years. She has been at the AJC for 20 years.

Maya T. Prabhu joined the AJC last year and will be covering the Senate during the legislative session, along with other aspects of state government and Georgia politics. During her career she has covered all levels of government, most recently the South Carolina General Assembly for The Post and Courier, based in Charleston.

Jeremy Redmon will cover a variety of issues at the Legislature, including immigration, refugees, and the opioid and heroin overdose epidemic.

Isaac Sabetai is an audience specialist who analyzes data, creates interactives and handles social media. He has been at the AJC for 10 years and is from Florida.

James Salzer has covered Georgia politics and state government since 1990, including five years on the AJC’s Investigative Team. Prior to that he covered state politics and wrote a political column in Texas. He specializes in stories about state spending, taxes, campaign finance and ethics.

Ty Tagami has covered government, politics, crime and, now, schools for the AJC. During this session, he’ll follow legislation affecting k-12 and higher education.

David Wickert will cover transportation issues during the legislative session. He joined the AJC in 2010 and has also covered local government in Fulton and Gwinnett counties. He previously worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington state.

Decaturish.com

State immigration board will hear complaint against city of Decatur in January

By Mariann Martin, contributor

The state’s Immigration Enforcement Review Board has decided to move forward with a complaint filed by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle against the city of Decatur.

Cagle filed the complaint on Nov. 6. Cagle has accused the city of Decatur of violating state law prohibiting “sanctuary cities” because of the city’s decision to put in writing a longstanding policy regarding cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The city said it does not detain immigrants without a valid warrant from ICE and never has. Officers who violate the policy could face disciplinary action. The city says its policy is not in violation of state law.

The city’s attorney, Bryan Downs, questioned the motives behind the complaint at the Immigration Enforcement Review Board’s Nov. 15 meeting.

Downs asked why Cagle filed an immigration complaint against Decatur when other communities in Atlanta have very similar policies, including the city of Atlanta.

“And little city of Decatur, we kind of scratch our heads and are trying to figure that out. Is it just that he is picking on this small city and doesn’t want to go after a bigger city?” Downs said after Wednesday’s meeting.

Downs said he believes Cagle, the leading Republican candidate to replace Gov. Nathan Deal, is doing it for political reasons.

“He’s one minute filing the complaint, and the next minute posting this on his campaign website,” Downs said… READ THE REST HERE.

Casey Cagle – photo Global Watchdog

UPDATE: Four days later, he filed a complaint.

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Casey Cagle says the City of Decatur is in violation of state sanctuary city law. We think he has received some bad legal advice on this one. But if he is convinced of a violation, he should file a complaint with the  IERB, which has authority on the sanctuary city law. Here is how to file. If there were a violation, we already would have filed.

We hope the Lt. Governor and his opponents in the race focus on improving existing statutes and real violations of state law aimed at protecting Georgians from the perils of illegal immigration. But the  Georgia Chamber of Commerce et al would not approve…

We think we may see a squirrel.

Bert Roughton, senior managing editor, and senior editorial director of the liberal Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) newspaper. Photo: MyAJC.com

AJC managing editor is giddy with his hit piece revenge.

Email reply from Bert Roughton, 10:44 PM today

“Roughton Jr, Bert (CMG-Atlanta)” , “D.A. KING” , “Tharpe, Jim (CNI – AJC)” , “Foskett, Kenneth (CMG-Atlanta)” , “Riley, Kevin (CMG-Atlanta)” , Andre Jackson , “Waligore, Mark (CMG-Atlanta)” , “Joseph, Michael (CMG-Atlanta)”

Thanks, Mr. King.

Have a great evening!

Bert Roughton
Senior Managing Editor

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On Oct 23, 2017, at 10:41 PM, D.A. KING wrote:

Surprise response!
BTW – You forgot to mention that AJC’s parent company, Cox Enterprises, sponsors Jerry/GALEO’s anti-enforcment work.

But, we all get it. Jeremy and Potter et al have proven many times who they are. Anti-enforcement screamers are “civil rights activists” and illegal aliens are “immigrants.” And the AJC doesn’t note corrections. You guys seem angry…

dak

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On Oct 23, 2017, at 10:31 PM, Roughton Jr, Bert (CMG-Atlanta) wrote:

Mr. King:

That’s not the way it works. If you want to challenge the accuracy of the story, then point out your concerns to Jeremy and his editor, Susan Potter. They will determine how to address your concern.

If your concern is not of a factual error, then you may submit a letter to the editor. I believe we allow approximately 150 words for letters, but Andre can correct me.

Thanks,

Bert Roughton
Senior Managing Editor

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On Oct 23, 2017, at 10:23 PM, D.A. KING wrote:

In 2011, my tactics were something SPLC didn’t quibble with…

With your newspaper’s assistance, it seems the SPLC is anticipating a change in “hate” criteria; About me, Heidi told the Associate Press in 2011 that “His tactics have generally not been to get up in the face of actual immigrants and threaten them,” said the law center’s Heidi Beirich. “Because he is fighting, working on his legislation through the political process, that is not something we can quibble with, whether we like the law or not.”

AP: “The Montgomery, Ala.-based Southern Poverty Law Center hasn’t put King’s organization on its list of hate groups.

But the center lists him as a “nativist” and has expressed concern about his tendency to call illegal immigrants “invaders” and his contact with other more extreme activists.

“His tactics have generally not been to get up in the face of actual immigrants and threaten them,” said the law center’s Heidi Beirich. “Because he is fighting, working on his legislation through the political process, that is not something we can quibble with, whether we like the law or not.”

Activist key to immigration bill (Associated Press) 
Posted: Tuesday, July 05, 2011
By KATE BRUMBACK
“ATLANTA – With the fate of a proposal to crack down on illegal immigration still unknown in the frenetic final days of Georgia’s legislative session, the bill’s author was spotted several times huddled in hushed discussions in the Capitol hallways with D.A. King….”

Photo HottieTottie.com

Candidates for governor in Georgia should be made to talk about illegal immigration. Georgia has more illegal aliens than Arizona. 

–>Georgia has outlawed sanctuary cities since 2009. 

We hear that some candidates for governor are telling voters they “would punish sanctuary cities…” if anyone brings up the topic of illegal immigration. That is good to hear. But the reality is that Georgia already has sanctuary city laws in place and this response is really without substance and is rather disrespectful to trusting voters.

(A few) Real illegal immigration issues:

• We have yet to hear of a candidate for governor who is willing to take a position on ending the ongoing practice of giving illegal aliens a drivers license. About 30,000 illegal aliens, some of whom are convicted criminals and already under deportation orders now have a Georgia drivers license and/or official ID Card from DDS.
• We don’t hear about the fact that compliance with the internationally publicized 2011 Georgia immigration law (HB87) is treated as optional or any promises on changing that sad fact.
• Neither do we hear of a gubernatorial candidate who is willing to commit to helping with a ballot question in November 2018 that would allow all Georgia voters to decide on amending the state constitution to make English the official language of Georgia government. It polls at 76 %!
• We are also hearing that some candidates are promising to implement 287 (g) statewide. A) not all county jails will qualify for 287 (g). B) Funding for putting 287 (g) in every law enforcement agency in Georgia does not exist, even if all law enforcement agencies would allow it in their area of authority. C)  It is the feds who make final decisions on 287 (g) – not governors.

We think educated voters make better choices in elections when hiring public servants. Our education efforts will soon greatly expand.

From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

Are there Sanctuary Cities in Georgia?

6:39 p.m Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017

“What about Georgia?

Georgia has outlawed sanctuary cities in the state since 2009.

State lawmakers last year (2016) went a step further, in response to the killing of a California woman by a man who was in the country illegally.

The new Georgia law requires local governments to certify they’re cooperating with federal immigration officials in order to get state funding.

Atlanta has said that it remains a welcoming city for immigrants, but stops short of labeling itself a sanctuary city.”

Read the entire report HERE.

AJC

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Atlanta fined $1,000 for violating Georgia immigration law

July 21, 2017

Georgia’s Immigration Enforcement Review Board this week issued its first fine, imposing a $1,000 penalty against Atlanta for violating a state law for verifying the lawful presence of people applying for public benefits.

At issue is a Georgia statute that says government agencies that administer public benefits must require applicants to submit affidavits verifying they are legally present in the U.S. Those agencies are required to screen noncitizen applicants using the federal Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlements program, or SAVE.

Filed in August of 2016 by anti-illegal immigration activist D.A. King, the complaint alleged Atlanta did not use the SAVE program while renewing the Atlanta Historical Society’s nonprofit business license. The board notified Atlanta about the penalty in a letter this week.

In a May 18 response to the complaint, the city said it approved the Atlanta Historical Society’s initial business license before the state’s SAVE requirement took effect. City officials argued the complaint about the license renewal became moot after they requested and received a SAVE affidavit from the Atlanta Historical Society on May 10. They said they have done the same thing for all “similarly situated nonprofit entities.”

“The city is disappointed with the board’s decision because the city complied with the spirit and letter of the law, and took remedial steps at the board’s request,” Jenna Garland, a spokeswoman for Mayor Kasim Reed, said in a prepared statement. “The city is reviewing the decision and considering its options.”

RELATED: Enforcement of Georgia’s immigration law will vary

IN-DEPTH: Large police agencies aren’t enforcing state immigration law

Phil Kent, a member of the Immigration Enforcement Review Board, issued a statement Friday about the board’s 4-2 decision.

“Last year D.A. King filed a complaint to the IERB against the city of Atlanta because it refused to protect public benefits according to state law,” he said. “The IERB voted to agree with King that Atlanta was in violation — so the $1,000 fine speaks for itself.”

King is president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society, which advocates enforcement of U.S. immigration and employment laws. In all, King has filed 18 of the 19 complaints the board has received since it was formed following the 2011 passage of House Bill 87, Georgia’s comprehensive anti-illegal immigration law, according to the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts.

This is not the first time King has set his sights on the city. In 2012, he alleged Atlanta violated state law by allowing people to use Mexican matricula consular ID cards in city government transactions. Georgia law says city officials may not accept the cards when people apply for public benefits. Atlanta officials asked the state board to dismiss the complaint after the City Council repealed an ordinance at the heart of the dispute.

HERE 

MARKED “A” & “B” in my July 12, 2017 compliant to the IERB and the Georgia AG office.

My request and more info HERE

Dear Mr. King,

Please find attached the agreement between Literacy Action and the School District. Applications, bids, contracts and payments do not exist. If we can provide further assistance, please contact our office.

Thank you,
_____________________________
Audrey Qualls |Legal Records Specialist
Office of Legal Affairs | DeKalb County School District
1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd | Stone Mountain, GA 30083-1027
Tel: 678.676.0203 | Fax: 678.676.0234
audrey_k_qualls@dekalbschoolsga.org

http://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/legal-affairs/#tab-9a89bbe921f46756671

–> Attachment here – DCSD_Literacy Action MOU

Please note: June 5, 2017 through July 28, 2017, the School District’s AIC summer hours are: Monday – Thursday, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Closed on Friday

Note; According to the DeKalb County Board of Education, Literacy action Inc. has been teaching adult education classes for the BOE.

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