List of media members to whom we sent a "news tip" on GA Gov. Kemp ignoring Dem sheriff's open violation of state law, OCGA 42-4-14

The members of the media listed below were sent “news tip” emails during the month of *August, 2022 in an experiment to see if any of them would do a story on the documented violation of state law aimed at “criminal illegals” by two GA sheriffs.

The news tip was sent with the subject line “Short: The (Dem) sheriffs in both Cobb & Gwinnett counties (metro Atlanta) are in open violation of state law involving identifying & reporting illegal immigrants in their jails to the feds. The (GOP) “I will end sanctuary cities” governor and candidate for reelection refuses to prosecute despite sheriff’s admission in media reports.”

–> This is the post we sent.

*The information was sent to Randy Travis and Scott Stucky at Fox5 TV news in July. The tip was originally sent to MDJ publisher Otis Brumby last year in addition to this August.

With the exception of a mention in an August 26, 2022 Breitbart story by Neil Munro, we have not seen any news stories/coverage. We are grateful to Breitbart and Mr. Munro.

Related: Code of ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists

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Randy Travis I-Team Fox5 TV news

Scott Stucky Fox5 News Director

Richard Belcher – WSB TV news

Richard Elliot – WSB TV news

Suzanne Lake Nadell WSB-TV

Kate Brumback – Associated Press

Associated Press desk, Atlanta

Kritsine Johnson – 11 Alive TV

Rebbeca Schram – CBS 46 TV

News@CBS46

Kim Saxon – CBS 46 TV news

Brian Kanziger – CBS 46 TV news

Tracy Green – CBS 46 TV news

JoshMorgan – CBS 46 news

Joe Cowan – WSB TV news

News@jacobsmedia.net

Newstip – WSBTV

Otis Brumby lll – Marietta Daily Journal

Donna Lowrey – WABE (via Twitter)

Maya King – NY Times (via Twitter DM)

Axios Atlanta – (Dan Primack, contact form)

Julia Preston (via Twitter)

Jack Butler – (NRO)

Judson Berger – NRO

Mark Wright – NR

Caleb Sclinkard – Macon Telegraph

News@Timesfreepress

Editor Times Courier

Rahul Bali – WABE (via Twitter)

Jill Nevels-Haun – Georgia Group Senior Director of Content Gannett

Kevin Riley – Editor, AJC

LeRoy Chapman – AJC

Susan Potter – AJC

Ken Foskett – AJC

Andre Jackson – AJC

Monica Richardson – AJC

Mark Waligore – AJC

Bill Torpy – AJC

Greg Bluestein – AJC

Patricia Murphy – AJC

Todd Cline – Gwinnett Daily Post

Neil Munro – Breitbart News

Rose Scott – WABE News (via Twitter, Sept. 1)

Buddy Hughes, Managing editor, The Brunswick News (Sept. 8, 2022)

Richard Fausett, New York Times (Dec. 9, 2022)

OCGA 20-3-66 – Determination of in-state resident status of students for tuition or fees

Plea for passage of legislation inaccurate

In an introduction to a recent guest column aimed at pending state higher education legislation on the AJC’S “Get Schooled” blog AJC columnist Maureen Downey leads readers to believe that refugees cannot access instate tuition in Georgia’s public colleges.

In the column (“Afghan women refugees like me want a future in Georgia”) writer Husnia Jamal, apparently a refugee, also laments “But I, like so many other displaced people living in Georgia, found out that I could not access in-state tuition here — no matter how long I live, work, or pay state taxes — because of my immigration status.” As she is migrating to Georgia from Afghanistan, Jamal could also be an ‘SIV’ (Special Visa Immigrant).

A quick look at the Board of Regents webpage on instate tuition eligibility illustrates the truth: ”…lawful permanent residents, refugees, asylees, or other eligible noncitizens may be extended the same consideration as citizens of the United States in determining whether they qualify for in-state classification.” This includes SIV recipients.

Correction requested.

D.A. KING

PRESIDENT, THE DUSTIN INMAN SOCIETY

MARIETTA, GA. 30066

Reply, soon after (thirteen minutes) I emailed my letter for consideration to be published:

Hello D.A.,

This is the passage in full from the reference you cite:

A non-citizen student shall not be classified as in-state for tuition purposes unless the student is legally in this state and there is evidence to warrant consideration of in-state classification as determined by the Board of Regents. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, asylees, or other eligible noncitizens as defined by federal Title IV regulations may be extended the same consideration as citizens of the United States in determining whether they qualify for in-state classification.

As you know from your advocacy, this has long been an issue with public colleges in Georgia. It’s affected straight-A students who arrived here as minors that I know of personally, and who could not pursue a college education in Georgia.

If nothing else, IMHO, the word “may” above (as opposed to say “shall”) leaves ample room for interpretation, good, bad or indifferent, as to who’s eligible for in-state tuition, especially when combined with how the “evidence” mentioned of above is assessed.

So, to my mind, no correction’s warranted to the Op-Ed.

Thanks for continuing to read the AJC.

All best,

Andre Jackson

Opinion Editor

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Andre.Jackson@ajc.com

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