Action needed: Do you want to know how many illegal aliens are in the GA prison system? Please help HB 136 pass out of committee. *Updated

Update: HB136 passed out of the committee by a vote of 11-4 with one Republican voting with the Democrats against the bill.

Please help us get HB 136 passed out of the House Public Safety Committee under the Gold Dome tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. It’s easy to help! The committee meeting is scheduled for 11:00 AM in Room 506, CLOB.

An old saying goes that “you cannot change something until you measure it…” We want Georgians to have access to detailed, up-to-date public information of at least part of Georgia’s crime problem as related to criminal aliens.

We want HB 136 to be law. Before it can become law, it must pass out of its first committee, which is the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee, which will hear HB 136 tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 16 at 11:00 AM.

HB 136 is a simple and short bill that will change state law so as to require the Dept. of Corrections to post a public quarterly report showing us the total number foreign nationals and of illegal aliens in the prison system, their crimes and their nations of birth. It will also show the percentage of the total prison population that are foreign born.

We hope you will help HB 136 pass out by contacting each of the Republican members of the Public Safety committee using the links on their names pasted in below. Just click a committee members name and send an email and/or make a short cal to their Capitol office. Just leave a message with the nice young staffer – “Please tell Rep.__________ we called and that we are watching to see HB 136 pass out. Thank you…”

That’s is! That is all you need to do. Please. I will wash your car! This will take you about five minutes.

Please be advised that the corporate-funded illegal alien lobby is calling right now. Please don’t be silent!

Please help us see HB 136 passed out of the House Public Safety Committee under the Gold Dome tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. It’s easy to help! The committee meeting is scheduled for 11:00 AM in Room 506, CLOB.

J Collins	71st	Chairman
Clint Crowe	118th	Vice Chairman
Kimberly New	64th	Secretary
Gerald Greene	154th	Member
Bill Hitchens	161st	Member
Rick Jasperse	11th	Member
David Jenkins	136th	Member
Jodi Lott	131st	Member
Eddie Lumsden	12th	Member
Danny Mathis	149th	Member
Jesse Petrea	166th	Member
Alan Powell	33rd	Member
Jordan Ridley	22nd	Member
Steven Sainz	180th	Member
Darlene Taylor	173rd	Member
Ken Vance	133rd	Member
Bill Werkheiser	157th	Member

—>UPDATE: The liberal AJC prints a lengthy correction after demand letter from the Dustin Inman Society. More news on this coming soon.

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Daily Signal News report (‘DEFAMATORY’: Conservative Demands Swing-State Newspaper Retract ‘Hate Group’ Smear’)
on the recent AJC attack here by the great Tyler O’Neil.

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I added educational hyperlinks to the below letter – dak.

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October 18, 2024

VIA U.S. REGULAR MAIL & E-MAIL

Leroy Chapman, Jr., Editor in Chief THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION 223 Perimeter Center Pkwy NE Atlanta, Georgia 30346

Re: Demand for Retraction and Apology

Dear Mr. Chapman, Jr.:

I write on behalf of my client, the Dustin Inman Society (DIS), to demand an immediate retraction and apology for the defamatory statements published in your October 7, 2024, article titled “Democrats in this Georgia district are backing a write-in candidate” by Tia Mitchell.

Through use of internet links, the AJC article wrongfully characterizes the Dustin Inman Society as a “Marietta-based anti-immigration hate group.” This characterization is false, defamatory, and published with actual malice. The Dustin Inman Society pushes for secure borders, is not “anti-immigration” and its proprietors do not hate anyone. Rather, DIS advocates for enforcement of U.S. immigration laws and actively opposes unlawful immigration. This distinction is crucial and well-known to staff at your publication.

I paste the offending paragraph from the AJC story:

“A search of activity under her birth name, Karen Sacandy, which Stamper legally changed in 2019, showed that she previously was aligned with a Marietta-based anti-immigration hate group. The group’s website often linked to Sacandy’s activities, like a letter seeking information about the state’s Immigration Enforcement Review Board and a copy of a letter to the editor supporting legislation to prevent immigrants claiming asylum from obtaining driver’s licenses.”

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We note the AJC informs readers that the Dustin Inman Society “often” linked to Karen Sacandy/Kate Stamper activities — but produces only two occasions.

Your story, for which DIS founder and president D.A. King was not contacted, informs readers that Sacandy/Stamper “was aligned” with the Dustin Inman Society. We note that polls show that a majority of Americans oppose the federal offense of illegal immigration. Since the letter posted on the DIS site was a published missive to the editor at the Cherokee Tribune, we must ask: does this make that newspaper a “Cherokee County-based anti-immigration hate group”?

Your characterization demonstrates a reckless and vindictive disregard for the truth, rising to the level of actual malice as defined in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. Actual malice in defamation law refers to publication of a statement with knowledge that it is false or with reckless disregard of whether it is false or not. Your repeated mischaracterization of the Dustin Inman Society, despite having been corrected on numerous occasions, clearly meets this standard.

The Dustin Inman Society’s position on immigration is clear and public:

1. It supports sustainable levels of legal immigration through established channels.

2. It opposes unlawful immigration due to various societal concerns, including: – Strain on public resources and services
– Potential and real public safety issues
– Economic impacts on low-wage American workers and America’s poor

– Challenges to the rule of law

3. The Dustin Inman Society defends legal immigrants when media attempt to blur the difference between them and illegal aliens.

Moreover, the Dustin Inman Society’s board includes lawful immigrants who have navigated the proper channels for authorized immigration. This fact alone should dispel any notion that the organization is “anti-immigration.” As he has informed you multiple times over much of the last two decades, D.A. King’s sister is a real, legal immigrant.

While we acknowledge that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the Dustin Inman Society as an “anti-immigrant hate group that denigrates all immigrants,” your article presents the “anti-immigration hate group” characterization as the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s independent assessment and statement of fact.

This smear is not only demonstrably false and ignores Mr. King’s many communications to you advising you of the truth, but also demonstrates an exceedingly unprofessional failure to fact-check and verify information before publication.

We demand that the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

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1. Immediately publicly retract the defaming statement in the October 7, 2024, article.

2. Publish a prominent apology, equal in visibility and placement to the original defamatory article.

3. Cease and desist from further defamatory characterizations of the Dustin Inman Society.

Failure to comply with these demands may result in further legal action. We expect your prompt attention to this matter and await your timely response.

Sincerely,

Todd V. McMurtry

cc: James Abely, Esq.