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The below open records request to TCSG is pasted in reverse order – my original ORR is on the bottom., most recent reply on top.

 

D.A. King,

Thank you for your patience, D.A., and for taking the time to submit your Open Records Request. Pursuant to subparagraph (b)(I)(A) of O.C.G.A. 50-18-71, we are responding in a reasonable timeframe. You have requested copies of SAVE affidavits, applications, and Secure and Verifiable ID documents collected from specified employer participants in the apprenticeship program.

At this time, the requested records do not exist. The awarded companies were recently announced, and we are in the initial stages of the contracting process. This process includes the hiring of apprentices, submission of required documentation, and the verification of information prior to contracts to be drafted and executed.

It is anticipated that the requested records may become available by late February or early March. It would be best to submit a new request at that time to obtain the information.

Should you have any additional questions or require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact our office.

When submitting future requests, use our ORR portal: Legal Services – TCSG | Technical College System of Georgia

Kind regards,

Leigh Keever

 

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Policy Coordinator

Office of Legal Services

Technical College System of Georgia

1800 Century Place, NE, Ste. 400

Atlanta, GA 30345

404-679-4971–office

lkeever@tcsg.edu |www.TCSG.edu

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From: D. A. King <dk
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 11:32 AM
To: Keever, Leigh <lkeever@tcsg.edu>
Subject: Re: ORR

CAUTION:This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Thank you.

dak

Sent from my iPhone

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On Dec 3, 2024, at 11:28 AM, Keever, Leigh <lkeever@tcsg.edu> wrote:

Mr. King,

Thank you for contacting the TCSG with your Open Records Act request. Pursuant to subparagraph (b)(I)(A) of O.C.G.A. 50-18-71 we wanted to notify you that the breadth of acquiring the requested data will take longer than the 3-day period. We anticipate having the documents you are requesting to you no later than Friday the 13th of December.

We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Kind regards,

Leigh Keever

 

 

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 Leigh Keever, M.A.

Policy Coordinator

Office of Legal Services

Technical College System of Georgia

1800 Century Place, NE, Ste. 400

Atlanta, GA 30345

404-679-4971–office

lkeever@tcsg.edu |www.TCSG.edu

 

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From: D.A. King <>
Sent: Monday, December 2, 2024 10:15 AM
To: Keever, Leigh <lkeever@tcsg.edu>; D’Alessio, Mark <MDAlessio@tcsg.edu>
Subject: ORR

 

Please regard this email as my official open record request for copies of documents pertaining to compliance with OCGA 50-36-1 in the HDAP Apprenticeship Program.

Please send me copies of SAVE affidavits, applications, and Secure and Verifiable ID collected from the below employer participants in the apprenticeship program. I understand that there may be some redaction.

5 Points Electrical

Ace Electric Inc.

All & Everything LLC

Ascendum Machinery Inc

B & W Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Bargeron Electric Company LLC

Caterpillar BCP, Inc.

Croy Electrical Inc.

Silver Sheet Metal

Delta Plumbing Inc.

Thank you,

D.A. King.

 

 

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]]> 10814 Welcoming Illegal immigration to Georgia with special treatment on college tuition https://newdustininmansociety.org/welcoming-illegal-immigration-to-georgia-with-special-treatment-college-tuition/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:19:27 +0000 https://newdustininmansociety.org/?p=10778     “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.” Attributed to George Orwell.  According to the federal government, only seven states host more illegal aliens than Georgia. The leftist Georgia Budget and Policy Institute says we are home to more illegals than Lawful Permanent Residents (“green card” holders). […]

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“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.” Attributed to George Orwell.

 According to the federal government, only seven states host more illegal aliens than Georgia. The leftist Georgia Budget and Policy Institute says we are home to more illegals than Lawful Permanent Residents (“green card” holders). Pre-Biden/Harris/Mayorkas, the estimates on how many “undocumented workers” live in our state varied, but after nearly four years of illegal open borders, use of about 500,000-600,000 is a conservative ‘guesstimate.’

This is no way to run a state.

Absent the promised federal protections of defended and secure borders, it does not require an advanced political degree to recognize that our state and local governments should be doing everything possible to drive illegal aliens out of Georgia.

This writer has spent the last nineteen legislative sessions under the Gold Dome in Atlanta to that end. Working together with lawmakers, we have put a long list of statutes in place designed to make Georgia inhospitable to the federal offense of illegal immigration.

But many of them are not enforced. Enforcement is the task of the executive branch of government.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp

To noodle out what is really going on with illegal immigration in Georgia, it helps to realize that there are essentially two sides to our current immigration crisis: Pro-enforcement and anti-enforcement.

This writer is pro-enforcement. I have been researching and actively fighting illegal immigration for more than two decades. I am not well-liked at the Gold Dome. I am not a member of any political party.

I am grateful to publisher Will Davis who has kindly consented to allowing me to send educational commentary columns for readers of this newspaper. My goal is to provide a better understanding of illegal immigration in Georgia.

To that end, we recently published a column that highlighted Georgia’s Dual Enrollment (DE) program.

To recap, DE is a taxpayer-funded arrangement in which high school students – mostly 11th and 12th graders – can attend taxpayer-funded public college classes and get both high school and college credit. They do not pay a dime in tuition or for books and fees. The budget for 2025 is north of $91 million. It is intended as a head start on an employment career for the students. There is nothing in the Dual Enrollment program that excludes illegal aliens from taking the zero cost classes provided Georgia taxpayers.

Maybe Republican lawmakers have forgotten that federal law says illegal aliens are not eligible for employment anywhere in the nation.

Suggestion: Ask your state lawmakers why they are using our tax dollars to fund a college education for illegal aliens in the name of “workforce expansion.”

Dual Enrollment vs Instate Tuition for illegal aliens

The DE program is separate and quite different than the “shall we provide instate tuition to the annual illegal aliens who have already graduated our highs schools?” question.

Instate tuition is significantly lower (but not free, like DE) than the out-of-state tuition rate. How much lower? A look at the Middle Georgia State University website shows that total instate tuition and fees for a fifteen-hour class load is $3641. The out-of-state rate is $10,316. That is a difference of $6675.00. That is per semester.

 

Instate tuition is intended to benefit Georgians in Georgia. An American student living in Michigan (for example) who wants to attend Middle Georgia State College must pay the much higher out-of-state tuition rate.

Believe it or not, prodded by the extremely powerful Georgia Chamber of Commerce lobbyists in Atlanta, some GOP state lawmakers annually push for instate tuition for illegal aliens for whom then-President Barack Obama illegally invented the “DACA” program in 2012.

In March of 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that illegal aliens with Obama’s DACA are not eligible to enter the United States, are removable (deportable) and do not have “lawful presence.”  The decision was unanimous.

“We have continuously and clearly taken the position in ongoing legal cases that DACA does not confer legal status…” says Georgia Attorney General Chis Carr.

Shorter: Illegal aliens with DACA are illegal aliens – but Obama gave them a work permit anyway.

GA state Rep Dale Washburn (R-Macon)

Suggestion: Ask your state legislators if they support allowing any illegal aliens to pay $6675.00 less in tuition per semester at Middle Georgia State than Americans and legal immigrants who live in other U.S. states.

I respectfully advise that you start with Rep. Dale Washburn (R-Macon), as he is the number two signer on the most recent legislation (HB 131) aimed at rewarding and welcoming illegal aliens with the much lower tuition rate. Is that pro-enforcement?

D.A. King is president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society. X/Twitter: @DAKDIS

A version of the above essay was published in the Monroe County/ Macon Reporter on October 23, 2024.

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]]> 10778 Retraction demand letter to Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper (updated, Nov. 2, 5:55 AM) https://newdustininmansociety.org/retraction-demand-letter-to-atlanta-journal-constitution/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 17:20:06 +0000 https://newdustininmansociety.org/?p=10743     —>UPDATE: The liberal AJC prints a lengthy correction after demand letter from the Dustin Inman Society. More news on this coming soon. __________ 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. _______ I added educational hyperlinks to […]

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—>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

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cc: James Abely, Esq.

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]]> 10743 Media request sent to Technical College System of Georgia – OCGA 50-36-1 – Employers in Apprenticeship program — Updated with response https://newdustininmansociety.org/media-request-sent-to-technical-college-system-of-georgia-ocga-50-36-1-employers-in-apprenticeship-program/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 01:48:42 +0000 https://newdustininmansociety.org/?p=10713 The below media request was sent to TCSG on Oct. 6, about 4:46 PM. Related reading: Despite state laws, illegal aliens run businesses in Georgia and they hire illegal aliens To whom it concerns at TCSG, I write to ask for comment on the TCSG policy on the requirement for verification of “lawful presence” contained in […]

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  • Related reading: Despite state laws, illegal aliens run businesses in Georgia and they hire illegal aliens

To whom it concerns at TCSG,

I write to ask for comment on the TCSG policy on the requirement for verification of “lawful presence” contained in (2024) SB 497  (lines 197-201) as it applies to the employers who participate in the apprenticeship program and collect significant cash awards from the Georgia budget. I plan to write educational opinion columns on the premise that TCSG apparently does not have in place a system to ensure that employers who are in the U.S. illegally are excluded from benefits in the apprenticeship program – and that participating employers are not required to undergo the verification measures in OCGA 50-36-1. If true, that policy seems to be in contradiction of state law and could invite court action.

Greg Dozier, Commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG).

 I will cite the information and details contained in the recent TCSG response to my open records request, the letter of inquiry sent to the Georgia Dept. of Law by a concerned state legislator and the response from the AG office.  I plan to also cite the quote on legislative intent I received from House Higher Education Committee Chairman Rep. Chuck Martin, the sponsor of the amendment to SB 497 that created the new language on “apprenticeships.” I include part of that input below:

 “Question to Chairman Martin: Was it your intent to omit the employer from a verification process or do you hold the position that the addition on line 201 of SB 497 will somehow include the verification of lawful presence for the employer who sends an employee to be trained, please? If it is the latter, it will help my readers (including many state legislators) if you could offer an explanation of that position.

Rep Chuck Martin – Chairman, GA House Higher education Committee.

Chairman Martin: “No, in fact, I believe the language covers the employer as well. Additionally, ‘Apprenticeship sponsor’ is defined in the bill (lines 116 – 120), so the additional language added to 50-36-1 is a bit of “belt and suspenders” for state verification.”

I am also looking for an answer to the question on whether for H1B workers are still being included as apprentices. I was informed by TCSG staff last year that H1B workers are in fact included in taxpayer-funded “upskilling” in the apprenticeship program. I look forward to including any further input from TCSG on the reasoning for the reported current policy and system. That revelation has created some expert attention.

My columns appear in the AJC, on James Magazine Online, The Federalist, Breitbart News, in various Georgia newspapers as well as my own widely-read blogs. I also have a weekly radio segment on the popular “Straight Talk” show hosted by Scott Ryfun heard in Coastal Georgia on two stations and well as online at iHeart radio.

In the interest of fairness, balance and accuracy, I look forward to any input from TCSG. My deadline is Wednesday, October 9, 2024 – noon.

Thank you.

D.A. King

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The Dustin Inman Society

ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com

Georgians for Immigration Enforcement

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Response from TCSG received Oct. 8, 2024.

From: WIOACompliance <WIOACompliance@tcsg.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 11:43 AM
To: dking    888<dking***>
Cc: WIOACompliance <WIOACompliance@tcsg.edu>
Subject: Re: Media Request — Apprenticeship Program

 

Dear Mr. King,

Since the passage of SB 497, the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) has been diligently working to establish procedures that ensure both compliance and effective administration of the High Demand Apprenticeship Program. As part of these efforts, we are developing a program-specific affidavit for employers participating in the program, which will verify that all participating employers are lawfully present in the United States, in order to put to rest any concern regarding compliance with O.C.G.A. 50-36-1. We anticipate finalizing and adopting this affidavit within the next month.

After a diligent search of our records, TCSG can confirm that as of this date there have been no H1-B visa holders who have participated in TCSG college-sponsored Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs). It is worth noting that, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, Registered Apprenticeship Programs are widely regarded as a strategic solution to upskill American workers and thereby reduce the dependence of employers upon H1-B and other foreign labor sources.

Best regards,

Office of Workforce Development

Technical College System of Georgia

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]]> 10713 Open records request of Sept. 24, 2024 to TCSG, Re: HDAP, employer docs and response OCGA 50-36-1 – SB 497 https://newdustininmansociety.org/open-records-request-of-sept-24-2024-to-tcsg-re-hdap-sb-497-employer-docs-and-response-ocga-50-36-1/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:26:02 +0000 https://newdustininmansociety.org/?p=10672 The below open records request was sent to the Technical College System of Georgia offices on Sept. 24, 2024 at 10:12 AM. Response pasted below with links on bottom – received Sept. 25, 2024 at 4:47 PM. _ To whom it may concern at TCSG, Please regard this email as my official request for copies […]

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The below open records request was sent to the Technical College System of Georgia offices on Sept. 24, 2024 at 10:12 AM.

Response pasted below with links on bottom – received Sept. 25, 2024 at 4:47 PM.

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To whom it may concern at TCSG,

Please regard this email as my official request for copies of public records.

Please send me a copy of any and all applications, affidavits, forms, guidelines, information pages and documents listing and/or explaining requirements for identification required by TCSG connected with the administration and processing of individuals or entities who are employers and who apply to benefit from the Registered Apprenticeship Program and the “High Demand Apprenticeship Program” (HDAP) administered by the Technical System of Georgia.

Sending me a link to each requested document that is available online is preferred.

This is a modified, second inquiry and sent due to the changes in state law, OCGA 50-36-1 via SB 497.

Please contact me with any questions.

Thank you,

D.A. King
Marietta
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Commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG).

 

 

 

LINK TO – High Demand Apprenticeship Program

High Demand Apprenticeship Program APPLICATION

High Demand Apprenticeship Program POLICY

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]]> 10672 COBB COUNTY SHERIFF CRAIG OWENS IS A DANGEROUS MAN https://newdustininmansociety.org/cobb-county-sheriff-craig-owens-is-a-dangerous-man/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:48:33 +0000 https://newdustininmansociety.org/?p=10636   “It may be historic in that it’s likely the first time a Cobb County sheriff has moved to protect drunk driving child rapists in our country illegally.” So says Jon Ferre of Cobb’s Democrat Sheriff, Craig Owens. Ferre was Senior Advisor to the Director and later Chief of Staff at ICE under the Trump […]

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“It may be historic in that it’s likely the first time a Cobb County sheriff has moved to protect drunk driving child rapists in our country illegally.”

So says Jon Ferre of Cobb’s Democrat Sheriff, Craig Owens. Ferre was Senior Advisor to the Director and later Chief of Staff at ICE under the Trump administration. Owens is well-known for inviting a mariachi band to play at a gala event in which he proudly announced he had ended the Cobb jail’s lifesaving 287(g) agreement with ICE shortly after taking office in 2021.

The mariachi band newly sworn Cobb Sheriff had at his 2021 event to announce the end of 287(g). Photo: Cobb County Courier

Signed into law by then President Bill Clinton, 287 (g) authorizes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to delegate to state and local law enforcement officers the authority to perform limited, specified immigration officer functions under the agency’s direction and oversight. It is primarily used in jails and deals with illegal aliens already arrested for additional crimes.

PHOTO: AJC

As this writer observed when he was elected, Sheriff Craig Owens is a dangerous man. He is also defiantly arrogant. He has announced that he will not obey new state law on immigration enforcement.

Owens has pledged to ignore a clear mandate in HB 1105 (“The Georgia Criminal Alien Track and Report Act”) passed in the 2024 General Assembly. In part, it requires all sheriffs to apply for 287 (g) authority if they are not already authorized.

From the AJC: (“Whiplash in Gwinnett, Cobb as new law on immigration enforcement takes effect) “Owens says he was not going to apply for 287(g) again because he can’t spare the deputies to investigate  immigration cases or do the administrative work.” Sheriff Owens is depending on public ignorance on the reality of the ICE program. But even the AJC quotes Lena Gerber, a leftist activist at the “Immigrant Legal Resource Center” when she correctly points out that “…the agreements on their own don’t require deputies to go out of their way to investigate immigration cases.”

Ferre, the former ICE official agreed. “Asking a jailed individual a few questions about citizenship and alienage obviously doesn’t amount to an investigation.” Now at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington D.C., Ferre produced required reading on Cobb’s Sheriff (Georgia Sheriff Misleads on 287(g) Program) in June.

I asked various pro-enforcement Georgians about Owens announcement.

“I believe that would be called a “protection racket” for illegals…” former Border Patrol Agent Robert Trent told me upon hearing of Owen’s latest illegal policy. Trent retired as Assistant Director, Enforcement Training, US Immigration Officer Academy at GLYNCO in Brunswick.

HB 1105 sponsor Rep Jesse Petrea (R-Savannah) weighed in on Owens defiance: “It was not surprising to see Sheriff Owens of Cobb County boldly state he would not follow state law. He has refused to follow the law before. This is why penalties for Sheriffs who refuse to follow the law were placed in the bill”

*  Related reading: Georgia law requires all jailers to report incarcerated illegal aliens to DHS – but it’s not enforced

Petrea told this writer he is determined to see compliance this time. We hope to hear the same from Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr.

Passage of HB 1105 was a direct response to preventable crimes committed by criminal  aliens and sheriffs who were ignoring 2006 and 2009 laws passed to require them to report illegal aliens to federal authorities. It is literally a law that says Georgia Sheriffs must obey the law.

Owens’ pro-enforcement opponent 

We asked Owens Republican opponent David Cavender about Owens objection to the 287 (g) program. “He can’t spare the deputies for immigration cases or the 287(g) administration paper work? He sure doesn’t mind sparing his deputies for bike units, horse units, traffic units, his and his executive staff’s personal drivers and his own Executive Protection team for his own safety. It seems Craig has plenty of resources to spare as long as it’s for his own agenda…” said Cavender.

A member of the SWAT team, Cavender is currently a Sergeant with the Cobb County Police Department and a 287(g) proponent. He has a long list of endorsements, including from former Cobb Sheriff Neil Warren and the Cobb Fraternal Order of Police. Warren instituted 287 (g) in 2007.

Pro-enforcement voters of all descriptions are flocking to Cavender. The Marietta Daily Journal noted that a large group of supporters turned out at the Marietta Country Club last week again to support Cavender. “There’s a lot of momentum behind the campaign and everything really seems to be going really well,” says Cavender. “It was quite humbling, really, to see that kind of crowd.”

Guests were also treated to an appearance from Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who gave a few words before leading the group in prayer” according to news reports.

 Pro-enforcement Cobb County voters have a chance to greatly improve public safety by voting Owens out of office. Both of the votes from our house will be to that end.

  • A version of this essay was posted on the subscription website James Magazine Online on Sept. 9, 2024.

D.A. King is president of the Marietta-based Dustin Inman Society and proprietor of ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com

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]]> 10636 The AJC was the ‘Dinner Chair’ for the 2004 Atlanta MALDEF fundraiser https://newdustininmansociety.org/the-ajc-was-the-dinner-chair-for-the-2004-atlanta-maldef-fundraiser/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:08:19 +0000 https://newdustininmansociety.org/?p=10613 What is MALDEF? Mario Obledo, founding member/former national director of Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), former CA Secretary Health/Welfare on Tom Leikus radio talk show “We’re going to take over all the political institutions in California. In five years the Hispanics are going to be the majority population of this state.” Caller: “You […]

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Mario Obledo, founding member/former national director of Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), former CA Secretary Health/Welfare on Tom Leikus radio talk show

“We’re going to take over all the political institutions in California. In five years the Hispanics are going to be the majority population of this state.” Caller: “You also made the statement that California is going to become a Hispanic state and if anyone doesn’t like it they should leave – did you say that?” Obledo: “I did. They ought to go back to Europe.” Here.

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]]> 10613 Response from Senior Admissions Counselor at the College of Coastal Georgia to inquiry regarding Dual Enrollment, illegal aliens and no-cost classes https://newdustininmansociety.org/response-from-staffer-at-the-college-of-coastal-georgia-on-inquiry-regarding-illegal-aliens-no-cost-classes-and-instate-tuition/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:30:46 +0000 https://newdustininmansociety.org/?p=10592           The below is a quickly posted example of what Georgia’s Dual Enrollment program really does for illegal aliens. We note that GOP state Rep Steven Sainz told us in January he would work to pass a bill to reform this program but didn’t drop it until long after it had […]

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  • The below is a quickly posted example of what Georgia’s Dual Enrollment program really does for illegal aliens.
  • We note that GOP state Rep Steven Sainz told us in January he would work to pass a bill to reform this program but didn’t drop it until long after it had any possibility to pass in the 2024 session. It was HB 1509 – introduced on *March 21, 2024. The session ended on March 29, 2024. (*typo on date corrected on this line.)
  • Any reform should require Dual Enrollment applicants to be either U.S. citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents (green card holders). This will prevent the otherwise illegal aliens who have been improperly/illegally granted “parole” by the Biden administration to access the taxpayer-funded college classes.

Begin forwarded message:

From: Shane Apps <sapps@ccga.edu>

Subject: RE: Question on admissions and tuition, pls

Date: July 31, 2024 at 8:54:50 AM EDT

To: “D.A. King” <Dking*******>

Greetings!

 

Thank you for your interest in the College of Coastal Georgia!

My name is Shane Apps and I work with incoming local freshmen and dual enrollment applicants.

Based on current legislation, you are correct on both statements regarding dual enrollment and post-secondary admission for undocumented students.

Please note that these policies are subject to change as we follow state of Georgia and University System of Georgia mandates.

 

Attached to this email is a flyer that goes over the admission requirements for dual enrollment applicants. (Note: See the flyer posted here – dak)

I look forward to working with you and your students throughout this process!

In Mariner Spirit,

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To schedule a time to chat, please click here: Book time with Shane Apps

Have a great day and Go Mariners!

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CCGA Office of Admissions

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From: D.A. King <Dking*******>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 12:57 PM
To: Scott Argo <sargo@ccga.edu>; Shane Apps <sapps@ccga.edu>; Linell Bailey <lbailey@ccga.edu>; CCGA Admissions <admissions@ccga.edu>
Subject: Question on admissions and tuition, pls

 

You don’t often get email from dking******. Learn why this is important

CAUTION: This email originated from outside the organization. Use caution replying or supplying information, clicking links or opening attachments. If you suspect the message is fraudulent, contact Technology Services at 912-279-5760 or support@ccga.edu.

College of Coastal Georgia

Dear sirs,

Upon our relocation to Glynn County next year, we are looking forward to admissions/class attendance to your college for our offspring – two of whom are high school students  We are citizens of Mexico and are undocumented.

We want to take advantage of the dual enrollment program. One child will be in grade 11 and the another in grade 12. They are also undocumented.

Please confirm that after they are enrolled in high school and demonstrate the required grade point score that they can take the college level classes in the dual enrollment program at no tuition cost? We understand that the state will also pay the cost of books and fees. We think it is accurate that after they graduate from high school, they will have to pay the out of state tuition at CCCG?

Our oldest child (who has graduated high school and is undocumented) is already living in Glynn County as of January, 2024. He wants to attend CCG as well starting in Jan. of 2025. Our understanding is that regardless of the fact that he will have lived in GA for more than a year, because he cannot present “proof of lawful presence” he will be charged the out of state tuition rate but can be admitted.

Put another way, we are trying to confirm:

 

* Dual enrollment students in Georgia high school pay zero tuition or books and fees for classes at College of Coastal Georgia regardless of immigration status. 

* Undocumented students who are already out of high school must pay the out of state tuition rate and for their books and normal fees at CCG.

Please confirm the above understanding is correct and accurate?

Thank you so much for your time. We look forward to your reply and any corrections to our understanding.

Our friend and neighbor helped us write this letter.

We trust the information here will be kept private.

Respectfully, ***** & ********

 

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]]> 10592 Open records request sent to TCSG on July 8, 2024 Re: Compliance with new language added to OCGA 56-36-1 in 2024 SB 497 https://newdustininmansociety.org/open-records-request-sent-to-tcsg-on-july-8-2024-re-compliance-with-new-language-added-to-ocga-56-36-1-in-2024-sb-497/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:42:47 +0000 https://newdustininmansociety.org/?p=10497     Updated with reply SB 497 here (see lines 197-201) To whom it may concern at TCSG, Please regard this email as my official request for copies of public records. Please send me a copy of any and all applications, affidavits, forms, guidelines, information pages and documents listing and/or explaining requirements for identification required […]

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  • Updated with reply
  • SB 497 here (see lines 197-201)

To whom it may concern at TCSG,

Please regard this email as my official request for copies of public records.

Please send me a copy of any and all applications, affidavits, forms, guidelines, information pages and documents listing and/or explaining requirements for identification required by TCSG connected with the administration and processing of individuals who apply to benefit from the Registered Apprenticeship Program and the “High Demand Apprenticeship Program” (HDAP) administered by the Technical System of Georgia.

Please contact me with any questions.

Thank you,

D.A. King
Marietta
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Response received via email on July 10, 2024 AT 8:52 PM (copied to Neely, Donna , McKoon, Josh)

Greg Dozier, Commissioner, TCSG.
Dear Mr. King,
We are in receipt of your request under Georgia Open Records Act. The documents you have requested are not available because they are being created now in compliance with the applicable law. As soon as these documents are finalized, we will submit them to you in fulfillment your pending request. Please do not hesitate to contact me with further questions or concerns.
Best regards,
Leigh Keever
Policy Coordinator
Office of Legal Services
TCSG

 

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]]> 10497 Media request sent to the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Re: Comment on the Addition of “Apprenticeships” to list of public benefits, OCGA 50-36-1 *Updated with reply https://newdustininmansociety.org/media-request-sent-to-the-technical-college-system-of-georgia-tcsg-re-comment-on-the-addition-of-apprenticeships-to-list-of-public-benefits-ocga-50-36-1/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:32:12 +0000 https://newdustininmansociety.org/?p=10490   Updated with response from Mark D’Alessio, TCSG Communications Director (note: I have added links to various documents to educate the reader).     The below media request was sent at 11:04 AM July 8, 2024 to various officials and staff at TCSG mdalessio@tcsg.edu, bsims@tcsg.edu, gdozier@tcsg.edu, jmckoon@tcsg.edu, tharris@tcsg.edu , kkirchler@tcsg.edu , mdollar@tcsg.edu , mpeevy@tcsg.edu ___ […]

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  • Updated with response from Mark D’Alessio, TCSG Communications Director (note: I have added links to various documents to educate the reader).

 

 

The below media request was sent at 11:04 AM July 8, 2024 to various officials and staff at TCSG

mdalessio@tcsg.edu, bsims@tcsg.edu, gdozier@tcsg.edu, jmckoon@tcsg.edu, tharris@tcsg.edu , kkirchler@tcsg.edu , mdollar@tcsg.edu , mpeevy@tcsg.edu

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To whom it may concern at TCSG,

I am writing an educational opinion column focused on the change instituted by lines 197 – 201 inSB 497 as passed in the 2024 legislative session to the Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAPs) operated by TCSG as part of the newly renamed HDAP. Line 201 adds “Apprenticeships” to the list of public benefits in OCGA 50-36-1 (“Verification of Lawful Presence Within the United States”). I have been working with OCGA 50-36-1 since it was created in 2006. Generally, this addition to the law creates a mandate for applicants for the public benefit of “Apprenticeships” to complete and submit applications, affidavits and “Secure and Verifiable ID” while making TCSG responsible to collecting the documents and being registered with the federal SAVE program as a way of verifying eligibility of the applicant in the administration process.

Greg Dozier, Commissioner, TCSG.

Willful violation of the code section by an agency head can be prosecuted as a high and aggravated misdemeanor.

I did extensive research with assistance from your office in December 2023 and January 2024 on the apprenticeship program and am all but certain that I was informed the TCSG did not require an application for a prospective apprentice as that was done at the federal level. I assume the new law has changed that scenario and that there is now an application process in place in Georgia. I note that the USDOL apprentice application does not require an SSN.

In addition to this request for comment I am submitting an open records request today to TCSG asking for a copy of any application needed to satisfy the new requirement and copies of any documents that have been processed for prospective participants in the apprenticeship program since the law became effective on July 1. My ORR will include  a request for copies of applications for participation in the apprenticeship benefit by apprentices themselves, and also employers and sponsors who desire to send employees to be “unskilled” at taxpayer expense and become beneficiaries of state funding to create and expand Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs).

Supra.com has reported that “through RAPs, employers can access support to train skilled workers and meet their workforce needs. Currently, Georgia has more than 10,000 apprentices in RAPs.”

I am also interested in educating readers on the inclusion of H1-B workers in the RAP. Please note that I was assured by TCSG staff earlier this year that “undocumented immigrants” can participate in the RAP and by another staffer that H1-B workers were apprenticeship beneficiaries.

To insure a fair, balanced and accurate write up of TCSG’s adherence to the law and to explain the changes made by the TCSG staff to accommodate the new mandate, I would welcome any input, comment, explanation and description of any newly instituted administrative practices by TCSG in this regard from your office.

I will likely have additional questions on details as follow-up. I would be grateful for your input in my effort to educate readers that includes many Georgia legislators.

I not only write on my own blog (ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com), but also at James Magazine Online, various Georgia newspapers, Breitbart News and The Federalist.

Please contact me with any questions. I look forward to your input. My deadline is Noon, Friday, July 12, 2024.

Thank you for your consideration.

D.A. King

Marietta

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The Dustin Inman Society

ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com

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Response received from TCSG’s Mark D’Allessio (Executive Director Office of Communications, TCSG) on July 11, 2024 at 2:18 PM

“Hi Mr. King

To administer S.B. 497 the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), Office of Workforce Development (OWD) anticipates carrying out the following procedure in reference to the requirements of O.C.G.A § 50-36-1.  We anticipate that this procedure will be included in the High Demand Apprenticeship Program Policy and Procedures document reviewed and approved by the TCSG Board at a later date, but prior to the start of the application period.

For an employer to be eligible for a contract to be executed with TCSG, the employer must submit to OWD the following required documents:

 

The following process would be completed by the individual apprentice:

Federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program 

In accordance with Georgia law (O.C.G.A § 50-36-1), the Office of Workforce Development will require apprentices whose employer receive funds from the High Demand Apprenticeship Program to provide the following documents as verification of lawful presence in the U.S:

 At least one (1) Secure and Verifiable document (for apprentice)

o        Driver’s License/State ID

o        U.S. Passport

o        Military ID

o        U.S. Permanent Resident Card (Green card), etc.

Signed Verification of Eligibility for Public Benefit Affidavit w/ One of the Three Categories Selected (for apprentice)

o        U.S. Citizen

o        Legal permanent resident of the U.S

o        Qualified Alien or Non-immigrant under the Federal Immigration & Nationality Act

Applicants who identify themselves as Qualified Aliens/Non-immigrants on the affidavit must be verified through the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program (SAVE).

The contract award agreement will be issued to the employer contingent on the documents being submitted to TCSG and successfully passing SAVE verification. Any apprentice that fails to provide documentation or fails to pass verification will be ineligible to participate in the HDAP.

Once the contract agreement has been finalized and all apprentices have been verified, the employer is permitted to participate in the HDAP and receive associated funding per the contract agreement award terms and conditions.

Thank you

Mark”

Mark D’Alessio
Executive Director
Office of Communications

O: 404.679.1617 | C: 770.545.7545

mdalessio@tcsg.edu | TCSG.edu

 

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