Metro Atlanta’s DeKalb County first to offer Spanish and Korean language voter materials – AJC

November 3, 2020 By D.A. King

Note from DIS: Basic English language skills are required for naturalization and only U.S. citizens can legally vote.

By Zachary Hansen,

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

DeKalb County released voting materials and resources in Korean and Spanish on Thursday, making it the first Georgia county to do so voluntarily, officials said.

In partnership with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta, Georgia’s third most populous county translated sample ballots, frequently asked questions about voting, absentee ballot guides and drop box location maps into both languages.

“It’s a historic win for advocates working across and in the intersection of immigrants and voting rights,” Stephanie Cho, executive director of the nonpartisan nonprofit group, said during a Thursday news conference.

Gwinnett County was the only county to previously offer voting information in another language —Spanish. It’s required to under federal law due to its high percentage of Spanish-speaking residents. No sample ballots in Georgia have ever been officially translated into Korean, Cho said.

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According to the most recent Census data, roughly 6.3% of DeKalb’s population identifies as Asian, while 8.6% of the population is Hispanic. The Census does not have data on the percentage of DeKalb’s population that primarily speaks a language other than English. Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta estimates that percentage to be more than a third of the Hispanic community and nearly half of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Georgia.

Read the rest here from the AJC.

Not a joke: Twitter suspends Customs and Border Protection Commissioner for noting success of Border Patrol

October 31, 2020 By D.A. King

Twitter suspended U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan for a post celebrating the success of the U.S. southern border wall keeping violent criminals from reaching American communities.

From The Federalist

EXCLUSIVE: Twitter Suspends U.S. Border Chief For Celebrating Wall’s Protection From Illegal Aliens

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According to screenshots shared exclusively with The Federalist, Twitter locked Morgan’s account Wednesday afternoon for apparently violating platform rules governing “hateful conduct” after the commissioner attempted to tweet about the wall’s benefits.

Read the entire story here.

Already convicted of sex offense in Rome, GA., illegal alien captured after reentering U.S. in Arizona

October 31, 2020 By D.A. King

BP Arrests Guatemalan Sex Offender in Southern Arizona

Release Date: October 28, 2020

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona arrested a sex offender near the village of San Miguel on the Tohono O’odham Nation late Tuesday afternoon.

Photo Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection — Photo Courtesy of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection

Agents patrolling near the international boundary tracked and arrested 29-year-old Honorio Perez after he made illegal entry into the United States through the desert.

Records checks revealed the Guatemalan national was convicted of sexual offenses against a child in Floyd County, Georgia, in 2012. After completing his subsequent prison sentence, Perez was removed from the country in 2017.

Perez will now face felony immigration prosecution, as he is a previously removed felon with a lifetime ban from the United States.

All people apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol undergo criminal history checks using biometrics to ensure illegal aliens with criminal histories are positively identified.

For more details regarding this news release, contact the Tucson Sector Public Affairs Office at tca-pao@cbp.dhs.gov or by phone at 520-748-3210. Tucson Sector is also LiveU capable. Contact us to schedule an interview.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between official ports of entry. CBP is charged with securing the borders of the United States while enforcing hundreds of laws and facilitating lawful trade and travel.

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October 28, 2020

Here from CBP (that is Customs and Border Protection).

2012 Associated Press: “Some illegal immigrants can get Georgia driver’s licenses”

October 26, 2020 By D.A. King

Image: Georgia DDS

By Kate Brumback

Associated Press

Posted Aug 23, 2012 <–

“While I do not agree with the actions of the President in issuing the directive, it has been implemented by the Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services), and state law recognizes the approval of deferred action status as a basis for issuing a temporary driver’s license,” Attorney General Sam Olens, a Republican, wrote in a letter obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.

Olens said illegal immigrants with the special status would not, however, be eligible for a state identification card. He says such cards are considered public benefits which are not available to illegal immigrants.

Under the policy – which was announced in June and took effect last week – eligible immigrants must have arrived in the U.S. before their 16th birthday, are 30 or younger, have lived here at least five years, and are in school or graduated or served in the military.

They also must not have a criminal record or otherwise pose a safety threat. They can apply to stay in the country and be granted a work permit for two years, but they would not be granted citizenship.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed an executive order Aug. 15, the day the policy took effect, telling state agencies not to give driver’s licenses or other benefits to illegal immigrants who obtain work authorizations under the deferred status.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said this month that each state could determine whether to issue drivers’ licenses or extend benefits such as in-state tuition to immigrants who are granted deferred status.

Read the rest of the AP story here from the Athens Banner Herald.

AJC reports on a report! But in 2007: Most immigrants in Georgia illegally, study finds

September 24, 2020 By D.A. King

Most immigrants in Georgia illegally, study finds
Group’s analysis of census data also sees strain on services nationwide because of influx, but some dispute that.

By BOB DART
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 11/30/07

Washington — Most of the 953,000 immigrants living in Georgia are in the country illegally, according to an analysis for the Center for Immigration Studies released Thursday.

Basing its findings on U.S. Census Bureau data, the analysis said Georgia has one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations of any state. It calculated that 53 percent of the state’s foreign-born population — 504,000 people — are illegal immigrants. Only the estimates for Arizona, at 65 percent, and North Carolina, at 58 percent, were higher.

Overall, one in eight people living in the United States is an immigrant, the analysis found, for a total of 37.9 million people — the highest level since the 1920s. The nation’s immigrant population — legal and illegal — reached a record of 37.9 million in 2007, it said.

The analysis was conducted by Steven A. Camarota, director of research at the center, which advocates reduced immigration.

Camarota has been active in the national immigration debate. Independent demographers disputed some of the survey’s conclusions, but not Camarota’s methods of data analysis.

“The immigrant population in Georgia is there because of the state’s severe labor needs, including the poultry, agricultural and carpet industries,” said Lisa Navarette, a spokesman for the National Council of La Raza, an advocacy group for Hispanic-Americans.

The analysis said half of the immigrants from Mexico and Central America are in the country illegally and one-third of those from South America are illegal immigrants. It also documented the surge of new arrivals and described its impact.

“The last seven years have been the highest period of immigration in American history,” it concluded. “Immigrants and their young children [under 18] now account for one-fifth of the school-age population, one-fourth of those in poverty and nearly one-third of those without health insurance.”

FINDINGS
The Center for Immigration Studies’ analysis found that in Georgia:
• 7 percent of the state’s total school-age population — were illegal immigrants or the offspring of illegal immigrants.
• 32.9 percent of immigrant households use at least one welfare program compared to 19.1 percent of native-born households.
• Immigrants and their U.S.-born children under the age of 18 make up 13.3 percent of the state’s total population.
• The number of immigrants in the state has more than tripled in a little more than a decade — growing from 268,000 in 1995 to 378,000 in 2000 to 953,000 in 2007. Since 2000, the state’s immigration population has increased 58.2 percent.
• 39.7 percent of the state’s immigrants and their kids lived in or near poverty, compared to 28.9 percent of the native population and its children.

More to the AJC story, but the link is dead and we acnnot find it on the wonderful WayBack Machine. here.

The below reply and follow up was received from Rep Martin Dec. 5, 2023 at 8:00 AM.

The original request is here.

Mr. King,

To my reading and the reading of others with whom I have consulted, SB 379 via definitions, particularly in lines 19 – 33, requires the participant (“Apprentice”) and the employer (“Apprenticeship sponsor”) to be registered in Georgia and with the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship. Further, *a bulletin from the Office of Apprenticeship explains in part, “all individuals who are eligible to work in the U.S. are afforded an opportunity to participate and complete a RAP [registered apprenticeship program].”

Additionally, lines 52 – 55 outline employer application, providing another layer in assuring compliance with all applicable Georgia Law and Federal Law.

In sponsoring the legislation in the House in my role as Higher Education Chair, I relied on Senator Strickland’s statement that SB 379 stacks on underlying Georgia and Federal Law as outlined above.

Best Regards,

Rep. Chuck Martin.

Note: In my own reply to this response I asked Rep Martin for the title and date of the *U.S. DOL bulletin he cited and he was kind enough to send me this bulletin, (which I had already found and read). I am grateful to Rep Martin.

Gwinnett County was the only county to previously offer voting information in another language —Spanish. It’s required to under federal law due to its high percentage of Spanish-speaking residents. No sample ballots in Georgia have ever been officially translated into Korean, Cho said.

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