From the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial campaign "Brian Kemp's Track and Deport Plan"

Brian Kemp’s Track and Deport Plan

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As governor, conservative businessman Brian Kemp will create a comprehensive database to track criminal aliens in Georgia. He will also update Georgia law to streamline deportations from our jails and prisons.

Brian Kemp’s Criminal Alien Database Summary:

Aggregates data from state, local, and federal law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies;
Tracks the number of arrests, convictions, deportations, and categorizes the crimes committed by criminal aliens;
Destroys silos and provides law enforcement with sophisticated tools to track organized crime, gang, cartel connections like MS-13;
Creates valuable data for lawmakers to develop common sense legislation that curbs illegal immigration in Georgia;
Includes opportunities for partnerships with President Trump, local universities;

Legal and Factual Basis for Kemp’s Criminal Alien Database:

The Georgia Crime Information Center (“GCIC”), a division within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (“GBI”), will aggregate data from state and local criminal justice agencies such as law enforcement and prosecutors to create a Criminal Alien Database that reveals the historical arrest and conviction data associated with criminal aliens.
The GCIC is currently responsible for providing complete, accurate and timely information about crime, criminals, and criminal activity in Georgia. (O.C.G.A.35-3-31).
The GCIC regularly collects fingerprints, descriptions, photographs, and any other pertinent identifying data on persons who have been arrested or taken into custody for a felony, significant misdemeanors, and other situations such as being a fugitive. (O.C.G.A. 35-3-33)
The Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCRP) tracks offenders through the use of an Offender Tracking Number (OTN) and Charge Tracking Number (CTN). All criminal justice agencies participate in the program. (O.C.G.A. 35-3-36)
For example, each month, local sheriffs collect and send information to the GCIC regarding the infractions of the individuals being incarcerated in the county jail.
Kemp’s Criminal Alien Database will require the reporting of additional data of information for “Criminal Illegal Aliens” and require local officials to provide that information to the state through GCIC.
The GBI, and specifically the GCIC, will be responsible for establishing, operating, managing, and providing public, and online access to the Criminal Alien Database.
Prosecutors and courts will collaborate on reporting to the GCIC in regard to the final disposition of a criminal matter involving a criminal alien, or illegal immigrant.
This database will be published on the GCIC website and made available to law enforcement and public policymakers.
O.C.G.A. 35-3-35 currently sets policy for disclosure and dissemination of records to public agencies and political subdivisions. The proposal will be implemented consistent with those policies.
The program shall also improve the flow of information between the federal government and the state of Georgia. For example, a recent report of the Trump Department of Justice report stated that state and local facilities do not regularly provide DHS or DOJ with comprehensive information about their inmates.
GCIC shall facilitate the flow of information to and from the federal government for all data associated with the Alien Incarceration Report, State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), and the Department of Homeland Security Reports.
Amend O.C.G.A. 35-1-17 (b) (1) to require (rather than simply authorize) all state and local officials, including law enforcement and prosecutors to provide this information necessary to complete the Criminal Alien Database.

Brian Kemp’s Plan for Immediate Deportation:

Amend O.C.G.A. 35-1-17 (c) to require (rather than authorize) the transporting of illegal aliens to a federal facility for deportation. This provision does not hinder state of local law enforcement from arresting or detaining any criminal suspect on other criminal charges.
Strengthen the current provisions relating to deportation by requiring all criminal justice agencies, including law enforcement and courts to notify ICE prior to the detainment, arrest, and transport of criminal aliens to federal facilities for deportation. (See, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14)
Allow law enforcement to provide deportation notification to consulate through tracking system.

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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

cc: James Abely, Esq.