Media Release sent to numerous Atlanta/state and national news outlets: Detailed complaints against Georgia state Representative Kasey Carpenter and City of Dalton officials

Media Release

9 Dec 2020

D.A. King

The Dustin Inman Society

Expert on Georgia E-Verify laws files detailed complaints against Georgia state Representitive Kasey Carpenter and City of Dalton officials

* County Sheriff declined to investigate. * GBI reportedly has possession of complaints.

Complaints involve violation of E-Verify law for private employers (OCGA 36-60-6) protection of Public Benefits (OCGA 50-36-1) and filing false documents/obstruction of public administration (OCGA 16-10-20).

Pro-enforcement immigration activist D.A. King filed two detailed and well-researched complaints in Dalton, Georgia on September 29, 2020. One against the officials in the City of Dalton and another involving Dalton business owner Kasey Carpenter. Carpenter is also a state Representative.

Complaint # 1 (Dalton officials) here.

Complaint # 2 (Carpenter) can be read here.

King reports that he cannot find any prosecution or sanction for violation of the 2011 private employer E-Verify law but doubts it is the first law in memory that sees 100% compliance. “Filing false documents and obstruction of public administration is a serious charge as is the betrayal of public trust,” says King.

“I spent weeks on my own investigation and dealing with open records requests” said King. “Interest and concern with violations of these laws seems to be totally absent on the part of officials at multiple levels in the state.”

Email reply from Whitfield County Sheriff can be seen here. The complaint was later sent to the Conasauga Circuit District Attorney. Any investigative reporter interested in government transparency and equal application of the law can see the entire detailed narrative on the blog at the original DIS website.

This link goes to master file on DIS blog.

“We have already shared this story with several news outlets and do not expect coverage of violation that involves illegal immigration. We note from long experience a lack of media willingness to focus on the absence of enforcement of the laws intended to deny jobs to black market labor in Georgia. But this release will serve as a marker in the future,” added King.

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.