D.A. King, Author at New Dustin Inman Society

Open Records request sent to the Cobb County Sheriff’s office 4:56 AM, Thursday, June 6, 2024. 287(g) – Updated with response(s)

June 6, 2024 By D.A. King

Update, June 13 with response from CCSO. Update: June 27, 2024 with second response.

Updated June 6, 3:00 PM. – I see now that I had a repeat sentence in the body of the ORR. Sorry. It was early and I blame my cat…

dak

Open Records request sent to the Cobb County Sheriff’s office 4:56 AM, Thursday, June 6, 2024.

Subject: 287 (g) and communications with U.S. DHS/ICE.

The below was composed and sent using the open records request contact form presented on the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) website. The auto reply received from CCSO assigns a case reference number: SO11386-060624 (also pasted below).

S011386-060624

Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens.
Photo credit: Marietta Daily Journal.

Courtesy Cobb County Sheriff’s Department

MDJ, January 19, 2021

Bold, necessary, and overdue”: Sheriff Owens declares end to 287(g) immigration enforcement

“Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens holds a copy of the memo formally ending the office’s involvement with immigration enforcement. Commonly known under the name 287(g), ending the program was a major promise of Owens’ campaign.”

ORR sent today:

Please send me copies of any and all CCSO letters, communications (electronic or hard copy) to and/or from U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security / Immigration and Customs Enforcement concerning, mentioning and/or pertaining to beginning or terminating any MOU/MOA with ICE for 287 (g) authority. Date range: 1 November 2020 to 30 April, 2021.

Please send me a copy of any/all CCSO internal memo(s) or communication(s) concerning or mentioning any effort, inquiry, question, intent or decision to terminate the agreement or MOU/MOA with ICE for 287 (g) authority that existed under Cobb Sheriff Neal Warren for the same date range as above. To be clear, this request includes a copy of the memo held up by Sheriff Craig Owens at an event in January, 2021 in which Sheriff Owens reportedly told the audience he had terminated the 287 (g) agreement and authority as reported by multiple news outlets including the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the Marietta Daily Journal in January, 2021.

To be clear: This request includes the request for a copy of the memo pictured in this MDJ news report https://www.mdjonline.com/news/bold-necessary-and-overdue-sheriff-owens-declares-end-to-287-g-immigration-enforcement/article_457130f8-5a7e-11eb-a19f-9331a3092882.html (tagged with the caption “Courtesy Cobb County Sheriff’s Department. Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens holds a copy of the memo formally ending the office’s involvement with immigration enforcement. Commonly known under the name 287(g), ending the program was a major promise of Owens’ campaign”).

Please send me a copy of any existing MOU/MOA between CCSO and U.S. DHS/ICE concerning or granting CCSO 287 (g) authority.

Please contact me with any questions on the above. We expect this request to be expanded.

D.A. King

Marietta, GA. 30066

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President, The Dustin Inman Society

https://newdustininmansociety.org

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Screenshot of receipt confirmation received from Cobb County Sheriff’s office via email minutes after we sent the above request:

RE: Open Records Request of June 06, 2024, Reference # S011386-060624

Dear Mr./Ms. KING,

Cobb County received an open records request from you on June 06, 2024. You requested the following:

Please send me copies of any and all CCSO letters, communications (electronic or hard copy) to and/or from U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security / Immigration and Customs Enforcement concerning, mentioning and/or pertaining to beginning or terminating any MOU/MOA with ICE for 287(g) authority. Date range: 1 November 2020 to 30 April, 2021.

To be clear: This request includes the request for a copy of the memo pictured in this MDJ news report (https://www.mdjonline.com/news/bold-necessary-and-overdue-sheriff-owens-declares-end-to-287-g-immigration-enforcement/article_457130f8-5a7e-11eb-a19f-9331a3092882.html (tagged with the caption “Courtesy Cobb County Sheriff’s Department. Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens holds a copy of the memo formally ending the office’s involvement with immigration enforcement. Commonly known under the name 287(g), ending the program was a major promise of Owens’ campaign”).

Please send me a copy of any existing MOU/MOA between CCSO and U.S. DHS/ICE concerning or granting CCSO 287 (g) authority.

We are diligently working on your request but need additional time to fulfill your request. We plan to have a response to you on or before 6/21/24.

Sincerely,

Corrie Hubbard

Cobb County Sheriff’s Office

185 Roswell St

Marietta, GA 30060

770-852-3240

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The below response was sent here via email on June 26, 2024 at 11:48 AM.

RE: Open Records Request of June 06, 2024, Reference # S011386-060624

Dear Mr./Ms. KING,

The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office received an open records request from you on June 06, 2024, requesting the following:

Please send me copies of any and all CCSO letters, communications (electronic or hard copy) to and/or from U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security / Immigration and Customs Enforcement concerning, mentioning and/or pertaining to beginning or terminating any MOU/MOA with ICE for 287(g) authority. Date range: 1 November 2020 to 30 April, 2021.

Please send me a copy of any existing MOU/MOA between CCSO and U.S. DHS/ICE concerning or granting CCSO 287 (g) authority.

After a diligent search of the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office records, our office has located records responsive to your request. I have attached the corresponding documents for your convenience. In regard to other records that were requested, the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office is not the custodian of record. You will need to submit a request to Homeland Security.

The records have been released to our online Public Records Center. You can log into the system and download your responsive records.

Thank you for your patience in awaiting this information.

Sincerely,

Corrie Hubbard

Cobb County Sheriff’s Office

185 Roswell St

Marietta, GA 30060

770-852-3240

To monitor the progress or download responsive records from Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, please login to the Open Records Center.

Biden violates federal law to give millions of migrants work permits

June 3, 2024 By D.A. King

“In contrast, under the Biden administration immigration authorities paroled in nearly 700,000 illegal border-crossers in 2022-23.”

New York Post

By Don Barnett

Published June 2, 2024The Biden administration is doing an end-run around the nation’s immigration laws — by giving migrants work permits in record numbers.

Since President Biden took office, more than 3.3 million migrants have been given a Employment Authorization Document (EAD), commonly known as the federal work permit, even though many didn’t even legally have the right to be America.

And as of February of this year, pending EAD applications stood at an another 1.4 million.

In many cases, migrants are given the right to work before they are even given asylum, a green card or other legal documentation that allows them to stay.

Not so long ago, the work permit rightly was considered an unwanted immigration “pull factor” and a key to managing immigration flows.

In 1996, the Immigration and Naturalization Service introduced a new rule: Asylum seekers had to wait 180 days before applying for work.

Asylum is meant for people fleeing legitimate claims of persecution, and aren’t just looking for better jobs.

Reviewing the previous year’s immigration statistics, then Immigration Commissioner Doris Meissner announced that new rules removing this “primary incentive” resulted in asylum claims dropping from 122,589 in 1994 to 53,255 in 1995.

“With this attack on fraud, we have closed a back door to illegal immigration” she added….

More here.

Paid Facebook campaign smear from the Peach State Values PAC in early May, 2024

May 16, 2024 By D.A. King

In which GA state Senator Shawn Still explains to Republican USMC veteran & Senate candidate Tori Branum that they are both veterans – audio & transcripts *Updated

May 12, 2024 By D.A. King

Update: After we asked Senator Still for more information, he now says he was never in the military. This is part of a larger story.

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The below is taken from a longer version of a recorded telephone conversation between Sen. Shawn Still and candidate Tori Branum in which Still discourages Branum from continuing her campaign for the Senate seat in District6 20 now held by Sen. Larry Walker. The entire conversation as posted on facebook is transcribed on the bottom of this page.

Transcripts by Rev.com

From Branum: “He messaged me on Facebook March 5 and said hey this is Senator still I met you at Stacy’s party. Can you give me a call. So I called him. That was the same day that I qualified to run.”

Shawn Still:

I never heard the 190,000 that live in your district.

Tori:

Right, and they’re gonna know me by the time I get done. They’re gonna know me by the time I get done, and if I lose, that’s fine. Hey, it’s practice. But as an American veteran, I have a right to run for office in my country.

Shawn Still:

Tori, don’t, don’t ever say that to me again. I am too. I’ve served proudly, and you don’t need to throw that in my face.

Tori:

Well, u- you… And you have a right to serve in any capacity that you want, just like I do.

Shawn Still:

And I never s- and I never, ever, ever said that. All I said was, “I think that you have a realistic path in this. Going down a suicide mission, on a kamikaze run, is not one that has a high chance of success, and if you want to be successful, you may want to aim a little lower than where you’re aiming-

Tori:

So what would make me-

Shawn Still:

… because [inaudible 00:00:55].”

Tori:

… as successful? The fact that people write big checks to him?

Shawn Still:

He controls the caucus leadership pack. And if you don’t know what that means, you need to look that up.

Tori:

I do know what it means.

Shawn Still:

Okay.

Tori:

‘Cause I’ve been researching, trying to run for five years, and I’ve, I’ve learned the issue is I… (laughs) And I’m teachable-

Shawn Still:

[inaudible 00:01:19]-

Tori:

… and I research and I learn-

Shawn Still:

… [inaudible 00:01:20].

Tori:

… and I don’t let leadership tell me what to do. I will make decisions, informed decisions; not based on what-

Shawn Still:

Yeah, and u- this is me-

Tori:

… somebody else said.

Shawn Still:

… giving you an informed decision. This is not me telling you what to do.

Tori:

How would Trump back Larry Walker when he wants the swamp cleaned? He’s a pure politician. Nobody’s seen his face since 2015 was the last time he was a co-host. How would Trump back that?

Shawn Still:

‘Cause he only got elected the year before Trump did.

Tori:

Right. Nobody saw him through two elections: through the first Trump, through the Biden. Nobody has seen his face. They just vote because he’s the only one on the ballot.

I may not have 10 million dollars but I got a social media that gets millions and millions of views, and I will use that-

Shawn Still:

I-

Tori:

… to my advantage. And I-… end of transcript.

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Below is the complete conversation posted on Facebook – which is not the entire phone conversation as recording apparently began after the call to from Sen. Shawn Still.

Tori Branum:

My name is Tori Branum, and I am running for Senate in District 20. It’s the district I know very well. I’ve trained thousands of people to shoot their guns. I’m a eight-year Marine Corps veteran. I’ve been studying policy. I’ve been to the border. You can watch a lot of my videos. I am up on what is going on. And I have integrity, I’m honest, and I’m forthright. And today, after I qualified, I get a message on Facebook from Senator Shawn Still telling me to call him, and he was basically telling me that I don’t have enough money to run, I need to aim lower, they’re gonna eat me alive, I’ll never be able to run for politics again. I’m gonna let you hear what he had to tell me. Um, it’s very insulting. Um, and if you wanna donate to my campaign, it’s toriforgeorgia on Venmo, or you can mail me a check. Message me, I’ll give you my address.

Shawn Still:

Let me start with you.

Tori Branum:

Well, I know that my people write checks, but I know the people in the district. I, I know them in all counties, Dodge, Treutlan, Dooly. I’ve trained and been out in the community with all of them. I’m not just sitting, you know, just sit in one place and expect people to guess my name. Like, I have a huge social media, that’s a platform. That’s a new platform and people need to get on board with it. If I can reach millions-

Shawn Still:

It, it’s a platform and-

Tori Branum:

… and millions of people, I have millions and millions of views on my TikTok. I can reach-

Shawn Still:

The only ones that matter are the 190,000 that live in your district.

Tori Branum:

Right, and they’re gonna know me by the time I get done. They’re gonna know me by the time I get done. And if I lose, that’s fine. Hey, it’s practice, but as an American veteran I have a right to run for office in my country.

Shawn Still:

Tori, don’t, don’t ever say that to me again. I am too. I served proudly and you don’t need to throw that in my face.

Tori Branum:

Well, you, and you have a right to serve in any capacity that you want, just like I do.

Shawn Still:

And I never, and I never ever, ever said that. All I said was, I think that you have a realistic path and this going down a suicide mission on a kamikaze run is not one that has a high chance of success. And if you want to be successful you may want to aim a little lower than where you’re aiming.

Tori Branum:

So what would help me as successful? The fact that people write big checks to him?

Shawn Still:

It, he controls the caucus leadership pack. And if you don’t know what that means, you need to look that up.

Tori Branum:

I do know what it means.

Shawn Still:

Okay.

Tori Branum:

I’ve been researching, trying to run for five years and I’ve, I’ve learned the issues. I (laughs), and I’m teachable-

Shawn Still:

And recently you’re from, did you tell me you were from Fayette County?

Tori Branum:

… and I research and I learn and I don’t let leadership tell me what to do. I will make decisions, informed decisions not based-

Shawn Still:

And how about I-

Tori Branum:

On what somebody else tells me.

Shawn Still:

This is me giving you an informed decision. This is not me telling you what to do.

Tori Branum:

How did Trump back Larry Walker when he wants the swamp cleaned? He’s a career politician. Nobody’s seen his face since 2015 was the last time he was opposed. How would Trump back that?

Shawn Still:

‘Cause he only got elected the year before Trump did.

Tori Branum:

Right, and nobody saw him through two elections, through the first Trump, through the Biden. Nobody has seen his face, they just vote because he’s the only one on the ballot. I may not have $10 million dollars, but I got a social media that gets millions and millions of views and I will use that to my advantage. And I will raise the money because let’s see, that’s 100,000 if everybody donates me a dollar. If everybody donates 10, that’s a million. So I can do this grassroots. If not, that’s fine. I’ll go away. I’m not a uh, I mean I won’t go away forever. But I’m, I’m not a sore loser either.

Shawn Still:

Well, I, I just, I think that-

Tori Branum:

Well I mean if he can beat me and all that then what’s the, what’s the use, I mean what’s the, I mean I’m, I mean if he can beat me, then he can beat me fairly and not because I’m gonna be scared of him and back out because people are gonna crucify me. I, I just got my first speeding ticket. Like, I don’t have a criminal record, there’s nothing they’re gonna drag me down and beat me with. And I have a huge female backing, so-

Shawn Still:

You know, I don’t know your district. I, I, but I know that we are in the caucus.

Tori Branum:

I know it very well. And it’s six, six of the counties I worked very closely with all the people teaching shooting lessons. I know all the people, and they know me quite well.

Shawn Still:

Well I, I wish you the best.

Tori Branum:

It’s not just Houston count. I know Juliette, I know Treutlen, I know Dodge, I know Lawrence, I live in Lawrence. I know the people.

Shawn Still:

Well look, I, Tori, all I’m trying to say is that I think you have a future in politics. I don’t think running against one of the top Republicans in the State Senate is, is advisable, but if you want to do it, by all means, you’re right. It’s your right to do it. But when May comes along and we know the outcome of that race, and if it does not go the way that you want it to go, you need to step back and remember this conversation.

Tori Branum:

What’s that gonna do? I’ll still move forward with my life. It might not be, it might not, it won’t be in that position if I lose, but I mean, life goes on.

Shawn Still:

It does, it does.

Tori Branum:

So-

Shawn Still:

I’m trying to spare you that.

Tori Branum:

Well what was the, if he’s gonna beat me that bad, then what does it matter if I step down or not? Who’s gonna beat me is gonna beat me. Why does it matter if I get out of the race? He’s gonna, if he’s gonna beat me then he’s gonna beat me. I mean-

Shawn Still:

Yeah. You’re completely missing the point.

Tori Branum:

So you’re telling me when Georgia goes to play a football game against a team that nobody’s heard of, that everybody’s like well let’s not show up because well, they’re gonna beat them anyway? I mean, that’s not, I’m very intelligent and that is why I am not running for a, I want to learn and I’m teachable and I’m smart and I know the issues and so-

Shawn Still:

Maybe you’d be listening to me if you were. But I wish you all the best. Um, I will be working solidly with Larry, and I will be helping him in every way that I can because that’s what caucus members have to do.

Tori Branum:

Okay. Thank you.

Shawn Still:

I just want to give you that respect from a call.

Tori Branum:

Thank you.

Shawn Still:

Good luck. Goodbye.

The Dustin Inman Society on the CIS podcast with Jessica Vaughan: HB 1105 and SB 354 – “Enforcement works!”

May 10, 2024 By D.A. King

LISTEN HERE.

Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 154

Summary

This year has seen important state-level legislation on immigration. The bills that have passed throughout the country tend to be those designed to deter illegal immigration and enhance enforcement of immigration law. As state legislative sessions wrap up around the country, two successful grassroots advocates join Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, to discuss immigration legislative accomplishments in their states – Georgia and Tennessee.

D.A. King of the Dustin Inman Society and Joanne Bregman of Tennessee Eagle Forum highlight noteworthy new laws passed in their states this year that can serve as models for other states similarly frustrated by the lack of federal government interest in tackling the record high level of illegal immigration.

Three main types of legislation are discussed:
Making illegal presence a state crime.
Neutralizing local sanctuary policies by mandating cooperation with ICE.

Limiting access to public benefits, especially professional and commercial licenses.

King and Bregman emphasize the importance of grassroots efforts and legal scrutiny in shaping effective policies. Vaughan makes it clear that “States are not helpless.”