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• The below email (subject line “my first email had wrong wording…” was sent on March 28, 2022 at 2:44 PM to Reps Ginny Ehrhart, Chuck Martin, Rick Jasperse, Trey Kelly, David Knight, and Katie Dempsey

“Apprentice’ means a person who is at least 15 years of age, except where a higher minimum age is required by law, who is employed in an eligible apprenticeable occupation, and is registered in Georgia with the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship.Does not exclude illegals.

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• The below email was sent on March 28, 2022 at 1:50 PM to Senators Mike Dugan, Bruce Thompson & Butch Miller who were on the Senate Economic Development Committee Chaired by Sen. Thompson. And to Reps Chuck Martin, Ginny Ehrhart, Kasey Carpenter, Katie Dempsey, Robert Dickey, Matt Dubnik, Rick Jasperse, Trey Kelly, David Knight, Dale Washburn, Marcus Wiedower and Rick Williams. The Reps were the Republicans on the House Higher Education Committee chaired by Rep. Chuck Martin that passed out Senate Bill 379.

“We cannot locate en exception for black market labor. Very grateful if anyone on the committee or any sponsors can help us find that exception.

**Advise adding: “Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to invalidate, override, or amend any licensing compact entered into by the State of Georgia or to permit the issuance of a benefit, state grant or direct payment without verification under Code Section 50-36-1.” 

• Part of the story so far here.

The below ORR was sent to TCSG staffer Tierra Harris Dec. 12, 2023 at 1:20 AM (!)

Ms. Harris,

Please send me a copy of any and all documents (or a link to these documents) that explain and define acceptable ID for submission by registered apprentices as per your statement “”we also require a copy of IDs for all registered apprentices.”

Please send me a copy of the document that explains the TCSG ID submission to the registered apprentice.

Thank you,

D.A. King
Marietta

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Reply received Dec. 19, 2023 11:01 AM from Brandon Ona:

Upon review of TCSG’s apprenticeship-related documents, we have identified two documents (attached PowerPoint and MOU Template) that include information on the requirement to provide a copy of the photo identification of the apprentice. TCSG collects photo identification to administer apprenticeship-related funding, specifically the HDCI program.

Our office does not have a publicly defined list of acceptable photo identifications to administer apprenticeship grants/funding, however, in practice, we request a government-issued photo identification.

The photo ID is used to verify that the apprentice information is correct and correctly corresponds with what is registered within the RAPIDS system. RAPIDS is the USDOL-registered apprenticeship database and apprentice management system that is managed by the federal Office of Apprenticeship. Per USDOL, registered apprentices are required to be employees of the employer. The federal USDOL, USCIS, or SSA would have further information regarding documentation requirements around employment.

Best regards,

Updated with reply

The below email was sent to the Georgia Student Finance Commission today at 12:39 PM.

*Update: Dec. 20, 2023 – 3:20 PM. No reply yet. Just resent to multiple addresses.

To whom it may concern:

Please send me copies of any and all documents, records, online pages and/or GSFC website pages that illustrate or refer to

A) Language in state law and or GSFC policy or practice that excludes illegal alien students from Dual Enrollment benefits and participation.

B) Language in current law or GSFC policy or practice that provides for verification of eligibility for above.

Thank you,

D.A. King

*Reply received Dec. 15, 2023 at 4:43 PM from Mr. Stephen DeBaun, GFSC General Counsel. *Mr. DeBaun’s response went to my junk mail file. I apologized to him for missing it.

Note: In addition to the link below,  putting “Dual Enrollment” in the GSFC search box goes to this info. I pasted the contents of the relevant pages of the GSFC “Dual Enrollment Program Regulations – 1600. 2023- 2024 Award Year” here.

“Dear Mr. King,

Thank you for your request. The Open Records Act requires state agencies to respond to requests for agency records with all responsive documentation that they currently possess. However, under O.C.G.A. 50-18-71(j), “No public officer or agency shall be required to prepare new reports, summaries, or compilations not in existence at the time of the request.”

All GSFC program regulations, including those for Dual enrollment, are made available to the public on our website here: Programs and Regulations | Georgia Student Finance Commission.

The Georgia Student Finance Commission is not the custodian records for the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.  Accordingly, the Commission has no records responsive to the request for the Georgia statute.  The Georgia Code may be reviewed, free of charge, on the Georgia General Assembly website here: Georgia General Assembly (ga.gov).

Otherwise, the Commission does not have any records corresponding specifically to your request and is prohibited from conducting legal research or providing legal advice to members of the public. Therefore, we cannot perform any research on your behalf or provide an opinion regarding the content of your request.

Sincerely,

• DONATIONS CAN BE MADE HERE.

We need financial help to continue to fight illegal immigration in Georgia.

The Dustin Inman Society has been active since 2005 and we are proud of the fact that we have made a difference. I have decided to continue for another year. The 2024 state legislative session will be my 19th. The difference between now and when I started is worthy of a book. Honest.

I am very uncomfortable doing it, but am asking for your help to pay the various expenses involved in opposing the corporate-funded, anti-enforcement leftists, the liberal media, the anything-for-a buck business lobby and some Republicans in government – all of whom push to reward and encourage illegal aliens in Georgia.

* Many of the illegal immigration-related laws we worked to get passed here in Georgia are not being enforced.

* Georgia is home to more illegals than Arizona and Atlanta alone has seen more than 46,000 “migrants” arrive since 2021.

* There is at least one state pro-enforcement bill coming in 2024. More info soon.

With your help, we were successful in stopping several incredibly bad bills under the Gold Dome last session. One example? HB 131 from Rep Kasey Carpenter (R) would grant “instate tuition” in our public colleges to some of Georgia’s illegal aliens while Americans and legal immigrants from other states pay three times as much in the same schools.

There are more bad bills pending and coming in January.

*  A Gold Dome parking pass costs $650.00 for the 2024 session in Atlanta. I go to the Capitol often to watch committee hearings.

Without apology, we regularly point out that Gov. Kemp has not enforced our existing sanctuary city policies and has not honored his 2018 campaign promise on “criminal illegals.”

We will continue to expose the facts left out of “the news.”

*  Georgia now has sanctuary counties.

We are looking forward to our pro-enforcement work for another year but we are long out of personal funds.

If you are able, please consider helping us?

* DONATIONS CAN BE MADE HERE.