Atlanta Journal Constitution news desk decree: Marijuana laws unfair to minorities #AJC

December 13, 2021 By D.A. King

A quick note to mark just one example of the ongoing changes at the liberal AJC.

In the “old days” the game was to find a source who would give a quote backing up and advancing the AJC agenda. For the last several years – we don’t have time to track all the countless examples – that practice morphed into un-sourced insertions of “fact” into news stories.

Here is a recent case: “Stalled pot decriminalization efforts irk backers in Gwinnett” on page A 12 of the hard copy version, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021.

It’s a story about disappointment that commissioners in metro-Atlanta’s Little California, Gwinnett County, have not yet decriminalized possession of less than an ounce of weed. The thought is that very diverse areas should know better than to punish people for violation of marijuana laws.

With attribution from nobody, the liberal AJC assures confident readers that “Marijuana laws disproportionally affect minorities. Stricter punishments not only put more people in jail, but can hurt employment options down the road.”

Indeed.

You can read the entire “news” report here from the online version Dec 8 with a different headline.

Evidence SPLC

December 11, 2021 By D.A. King

Opponents of Lopez nomination make their case

https://www.ajc.com/blog/jay-bookman/opponents-lopez-nomination-make-their-case/vZWCSfK7xbdlcrn7NgqmsJ

GEORGIA VOICES

By Jay Bookman

Jan 13, 2016

NOTE: In a recent column, I criticized Georgia anti-immigration activists who are trying to block the confirmation of DeKalb State Court Judge Dax Lopez to the federal bench. Below is the response to that column by D.A. King of Cobb County.

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By D.A. King

Writing on the Obama judicial nomination of GALEO’s Dax Lopez, Jay Bookman’s smear attack on me and my friend Phil Kent in the AJC serves as a brilliant reminder of the mindset of most liberals on immigration and politics.

Bookman makes it clear that he looks at the world through the lens of race, skin color and ethnicity. Not only does he intentionally muddle those categories, he assumes that the rest of us suffer from the same disability. We don’t.

“Hispanic” is not the opposite of “white” (or black) and is not a race. Neither is “illegal.” Nor am I “anti-immigrant.” Like most of the mainstream, this proud American supports legal, sustainable and reasonable levels of immigration that benefits the United States and protects Americans. Including immigrants. My adopted sister is an immigrant. That sacred term legally describes someone who entered the U.S. lawfully.

Like the late Barbara Jordan, it is my long-held – and public – position that we cannot honor real immigrants or our immigration system unless and until we adhere to a policy of an equal application of our immigration laws. Bookman provides useful insight by labeling that view “extremist.”

Since it seems to matter, as a political independent, I am also a member of the Federalist Society. So is Phil Kent. I expect that more than a few of the many Republican legislators and sheriffs who have written to our U.S. senators in opposition to Lopez are as well.

Bookman’s attack is yet another attempt from the far-left to blur the lines between immigrants and what the federal government, including the Supreme Court, refers to as “illegal aliens.” I personally target illegal employers more than illegal aliens. It would be helpful if Jay Bookman did the same.

The panels from which Georgia’s U.S. senators accepted vetting information on Lopez mostly failed to include information easily accessed on the GALEO website. I am proud to have provided both senate offices with facts and statements taken directly from that source after President Obama nominated Lopez for a lifetime seat on the federal bench.

The confirmation of Dax Lopez is not being opposed because of his ethnicity, and also contrary to what Bookman writes, opposition is directly connected to what Lopez has said and done. As a director of the GALEO corporation for eleven years, state court judge Dax Lopez’s position as treasurer there and his willingness to not only help form and advance the agenda of that group while assisting in raising operating funds does not a “conservative” make. It should be enough to drive most conservatives -including Republicans – away from silent acceptance of his confirmation.

Since 2003, the corporate-funded GALEO has viciously condemned any law enforcement office that dares to enforce immigration laws. Dax Lopez’s statement that he “agrees with their mission” must always be viewed with the knowledge that GALEO Inc. has marched in the streets of Georgia in opposition to enforcement, lobbied against state E-Verify laws designed to protect legal workers, lobbied against local jails honoring ICE holds for criminal aliens and vehemently opposed voter ID. And they lobby against English as our official language.

No wonder activist Lopez is not speaking to the press.

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D.A. King, of Marietta, is president of the Dustin Inman Society.

2015 DIS fact sheet: GALEO’s Dax Lopez’ Obama nomination to federal bench defeated – partial list of GA elected officials who spoke up

December 9, 2021 By D.A. King

The below was a handout and blog post in the 2015 – 2016 Dustin Inman Society – led fight to stop the confirmation process of anti-enforcement GALEO’s Dax Lopez to a lifetime seat on the federal bench in Georgia. We are very proud of the outcome. We also created a “Beginner’s Guide to GALE O” that provided a great deal of useful education to elected officials and media.

Public benefits – OCGA 50-36-1 Carroll

December 3, 2021 By D.A. King

The below is pasted directly from the Lexus Nexus website through the General Assembly site. Dec. 3. 2021

I have made some bold notes for ease of direction.

O.C.G.A. § 50-36-1

Current through the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

§ 50-36-1. Verification requirements, procedures, and conditions; exceptions; regulations; criminal and other penalties for violations

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) “Agency head” means a director, commissioner, chairperson, mayor, councilmember, board member, sheriff, or other executive official, whether appointed or elected, responsible for establishing policy for a public employer.

(2) “Agency or political subdivision” means any department, agency, authority, commission, or government entity of this state or any subdivision of this state.

(3) “Applicant” means any natural person, 18 years of age or older, who has made application for access to public benefits on behalf of an individual, business, corporation, partnership, or other private entity.

(4) “Public benefit”‘ means a federal, a state, or local benefit which shall include the following:

(A) Adult education;

(B) Authorization to conduct a commercial enterprise or business;

(D) Business loan;

(E) Cash allowance;

(F) Disability assistance or insurance;

(G) Down payment assistance;

(H) Energy assistance;

(I) Food stamps;

(J) Gaming license;

(K) Grants;

(L) Health benefits;

(M) Housing allowance, grant, guarantee, or loan;

(N) Loan guarantee;

(O) Medicaid;

(P) Occupational license;

(Q) Professional license;

(R) Public and assisted housing;

(S) Registration of a regulated business;

(T) Rent assistance or subsidy;

(U) Retirement benefits;

(V) State grant or loan;

(W) State issued driver’s license and identification card;

(X) Tax certificate required to conduct a commercial business;

(Y) Temporary assistance for needy families (TANF);

(Z) Unemployment insurance; and

(AA) Welfare to work.

(5) “SAVE program” means the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security or a successor program designated by the United States Department of Homeland Security for the same purpose.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Code section or where exempted by federal law, every agency or political subdivision shall verify the lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law of any applicant for public benefits.

(d) Verification of lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law under this Code section shall not be required:

(1) For any purpose for which lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law is not required by law, ordinance, or regulation;

(2) For assistance for health care items and services that are necessary for the treatment of an emergency medical condition, as defined in 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(v) (3), of the alien involved and are not related to an organ transplant procedure;

(3) For short-term, noncash, in-kind emergency disaster relief;

(4) For public health assistance for immunizations with respect to immunizable diseases and for testing and treatment of symptoms of communicable diseases whether or not such symptoms are caused by a communicable disease;

(5) For programs, services, or assistance such as soup kitchens, crisis counseling and intervention, and short-term shelter specified by the United States Attorney General, in the United States Attorney General’s sole and unreviewable discretion after consultation with appropriate federal agencies and departments, which:

(A) Deliver in-kind services at the community level, including through public or private nonprofit agencies;

(B) Do not condition the provision of assistance, the amount of assistance provided, or the cost of assistance provided on the individual recipient’s income or resources; and

(6) For prenatal care; or

(7) For postsecondary education, whereby the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia, the board of commissioners of the Georgia Student Finance Commission, and the board of directors of the Georgia Student Finance Authority shall set forth, or cause to be set forth, policies or regulations, or both, regarding postsecondary benefits that comply with all federal law including but not limited to public benefits as described in 8 U.S.C. Section 1611, 1621, or 1623.

(e) All policies of agencies or political subdivisions regarding public benefits for postsecondary education shall comply with federal law as provided in 8 U.S.C. Section 1623.

(f) (1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this Code section, an agency or political subdivision providing or administering a public benefit shall require every applicant for such benefit to:

(A) Provide at least one secure and verifiable document, as defined in Code Section 50-36-2, or a copy or facsimile of such document. Any document required by this subparagraph may be submitted by or on behalf of the applicant at any time within nine months prior to the date of application so long as the document remains valid through the licensing or approval period or such other period for which the applicant is applying to receive a public benefit; and

(B) Execute a signed and sworn affidavit verifying the applicant’s lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law; provided, however, that if the applicant is younger than 18 years of age at the time of the application, he or she shall execute the affidavit required by this subparagraph within 30 days after his or her eighteenth birthday. Such affidavit shall affirm that:

(i) The applicant is a United States citizen or legal permanent resident 18 years of age or older; or

(ii) The applicant is a qualified alien or nonimmigrant under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, Title 8 U.S.C., 18 years of age or older lawfully present in the United States and provide the applicant’s alien number issued by the Department of Homeland Security or other federal immigration agency.

(2) The state auditor shall create affidavits for use under this subsection and shall keep a current version of such affidavits on the Department of Audits and Accounts’ official website.

(3) Documents and copies of documents required by this subsection may be submitted in person, by mail, or electronically, provided the submission complies with Chapter 12 of Title 10. Copies of documents submitted in person, by mail, or electronically shall satisfy the requirements of this Code section. For purposes of this paragraph, electronic submission shall include a submission via facsimile, Internet, electronic texting, or any other electronically assisted transmitted method approved by the agency or political subdivision.

->(4) The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to any applicant applying for or renewing an application for a public benefit within the same agency or political subdivision if the applicant has previously complied with the requirements of this subsection by submission of a secure and verifiable document, as defined in Code Section 50-36-2, and a signed and sworn affidavit affirming that such applicant is a United States citizen.

(g)

(1) The Department of Driver Services shall require every applicant for a state issued driver’s license or state identification card to submit, in person, an original secure and verifiable document, as defined in Code Section 50-36-2, and execute a signed and sworn affidavit verifying the applicant’s lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law.

(2) The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to any applicant renewing a state issued driver’s license or state identification card when such applicant has previously complied with the requirements of this subsection by submission of a secure and verifiable document, as defined in Code Section 50-36-2, and a signed and sworn affidavit affirming that such applicant is a United States citizen.

(h) For any applicant who has executed an affidavit that he or she is an alien lawfully present in the United States, eligibility for public benefits shall be made through the SAVE program. Until such eligibility verification is made, the affidavit may be presumed to be proof of lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law for the purposes of this Code section.

(i) Any person who knowingly and willfully makes a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement of representation in an affidavit executed pursuant to this Code section shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section 16-10-20.

(j) Verification of citizenship through means required by federal law shall satisfy the requirements of this Code section.

(k) It shall be unlawful for any agency or political subdivision to provide or administer any public benefit in violation of this Code section. Agencies and political subdivisions subject to the requirements of this subsection shall provide an annual report to the Department of Audits and Accounts pursuant to Code Section 50-36-4 as proof of compliance with this subsection. Any agency or political subdivision failing to provide a report as required by this subsection shall not be entitled to any financial assistance, funds, or grants from the Department of Community Affairs.

(l) Any and all errors and significant delays by the SAVE program shall be reported to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

(m) Notwithstanding subsection (i) of this Code section, any applicant for public benefits shall not be guilty of any crime for executing an affidavit attesting to his or her lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law that contains a false statement if such affidavit is not required by this Code section.

(n) In the event a legal action is filed against any agency or political subdivision alleging improper denial of a public benefit arising out of an effort to comply with this Code section, the Attorney General shall be served with a copy of the proceeding and shall be entitled to be heard.

(o) Compliance with this Code section by an agency or political subdivision shall include taking all reasonable, necessary steps required by a federal agency to receive authorization to utilize the SAVE program or any successor program designated by the United States Department of Homeland Security or other federal agency, including providing copies of statutory authorization for the agency or political subdivision to provide public benefits and other affidavits, letters of memorandum of understanding, or other required documents or information needed to receive authority to utilize the SAVE program or any successor program for each public benefit provided by such agency or political subdivision. An agency or political subdivision that takes all reasonable, necessary steps and submits all requested documents and information as required in this subsection but either has not been given access to use such programs by such federal agencies or has not completed the process of obtaining access to use such programs shall not be liable for failing to use the SAVE program or any such successor program to verify eligibility for public benefits.

(p) In the case of noncompliance with the provisions of this Code section by an agency or political subdivision, the appropriations committee of each house of the General Assembly may consider such noncompliance in setting the budget and appropriations.

(q) No employer, agency, or political subdivision shall be subject to lawsuit or liability arising from any act to comply with the requirements of this chapter; provided, however, that the intentional and knowing failure of any agency head to abide by the provisions of this chapter shall:

(1) Be a violation of the code of ethics for government service established in Code Section 45-10-1 and subject such agency head to the penalties provided for in Code Section 45-10-28, including removal from office and a fine not to exceed $10,000.00; and

(2) Be a high and aggravated misdemeanor offense where such agency head acts to willfully violate the provisions of this Code section or acts so as to intentionally and deliberately interfere with the implementation of the requirements of this Code section.The Attorney General shall have the authority to conduct a criminal and civil investigation of an alleged violation of this chapter by an agency or agency head and to bring a prosecution or civil action against an agency or agency head for all cases of violations under this chapter. In the event that an order is entered against an employer, the state shall be awarded attorney’s fees and expenses of litigation incurred in bringing such an action and investigating such violation.

History

Code 1981, § 50-36-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 105, § 9/SB 529; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 50/SB 46; Ga. L. 2009, p. 970, § 3/HB 2; Ga. L. 2011, p. 632, § 3/HB 49; Ga. L. 2011, p. 794, §§ 16, 17, 18/HB 87; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 50/HB 942; Ga. L. 2013, p. 111, § 6/SB 160; Ga. L. 2013, p. 125, § 1/HB 324.

OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED

DIS Comms Director Inger Eberhart: “We need your help to fight illegal immigration in Georgia”

December 2, 2021 By D.A. King

The below appeal for help in fighting illegal immigration in Georgia was sent out as a Dustin Inman Society alert today. Thank you, Inger.

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The Dustin Inman Society is the only group working in Georgia against illegal immigration. We need your help.

Please consider these facts:

The Inman family, Dustin, Billy and Kathy are all gone now because an illegal alien was allowed into the U.S.A. and given a job, public benefits and a drivers license.
The powerful Georgia Chamber of Commerce is openly pushing (Republican sponsored HB 120) legislation under the Gold Dome to make Americans and legal immigrants from other states pay more (public) college tuition in Georgia than illegal aliens.
A coalition of leftist groups is pushing for legislation to allow foreigners to be law enforcement officers in Georgia.
In 2020 Gwinnett and Cobb sheriffs were elected on promises of not reporting illegal aliens in their jails to ICE.

According to DHS, Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than Arizona.

In 2018 Gov. Kemp ran on a promise of cracking down on “criminal illegals” and creating a registry of illegal aliens who have committed additional crimes – and ending sanctuary cities. He promised to present legislation to “track and deport“ dangerous illegals. He said nothing about enforcing Georgia’s E-Verify laws. Gov. Kemp has remained silent on the organized crime of illegal immigration in Georgia since the last election.
About 20,000 illegal aliens with deportation deferral already have Georgia drivers licenses. A Democrat state legislator and candidate for Secretary of State has a bill (HB 833) pending to give all illegal aliens in Georgia driving privileges. Including the thousands who are right now on their way to our state fresh from illegally crossing the border river in Texas.
The seemingly endless list of leftist groups that push against immigration enforcement are mostly funded by corporate Georgia (including Coca Cola and Georgia Power) and have large staffs dedicated to the anti-enforcement effort.

I am proud to work with my friend D.A. King to fight illegal immigration in Georgia and I write today to ask for your financial help if you are able to donate. D.A. has refinanced his home and spent his savings to lead the way since 2003.

Please help us. We are pro-enforcement.

You can donate using this page on the Dustin Inman Society website.

Thanks in advance if you can help.

Inger Eberhart

Communications Director

The Dustin Inman Society

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