Honoring Immigrants Event: Real Immigrants Do Not Require Amnesty

Honoring Immigrants: An Expert, Pro-Enforcement Conversation on Immigration…

February 8, 2020

Organized by D.A. King and the Dustin Inman Society.

Reminder: Immigrants do not require amnesty

The Dustin Inman Society, established in 2005, has organized many rallies against amnesty and for immigration enforcement. Our original website and blog is here. Our constant reminder has always been that we cannot honor real immigrants who join the American family according to our rules and the rich tradition of immigration if we do not enforce our immigration laws. To many on the anti-borders side – including in the liberal media – that is grounds for ridiculous and malicious, false accusations of being “anti-immigrant.”

This comes as no small surprise to the immigrants on the advisory board of the Dustin Inman Society.

Photos of some of our rallies and protests can be seen here on the original DIS site. Educational videos, including some showing our rallies against another amnesty across from the White house in Washington D.C. can be seen here.

Our most recent event, held in Atlanta in February, 2020, with a diverse list of well-known pro-enforcement voices, including immigrants, was “Honoring Immigrants: An Expert, Pro-Enforcement Conversation on Immigration. While a surprise snow storm reduced attendance in the sold-out 130 seat room, we are proud of the result and of the many Americans from all walks of life and all descriptions who attended and gained an education on the human and monetary cost of illegal immigration.

Mr. Tom Homan, former Acting Director of ICE was our Keynote Speaker. Tom was a hit with the crowd and I am happy to have made a new friend. Mr. Homan was very surprised to learn that Gov Brian Kemp had not followed through on his campaign promises on illegal immigration – even after he was endorsed by President Trump. He made that surprise and his anger known at the meeting and urged attendees to call the governor’s office at 404-656-1776.

Feb 8, 2020 DIS immigration forum.

The original Eventbrite announcement and invitation can be seen here and photos and a narrative of the day can be seen here from the original DIS website and blog. News coverage of the immigration seminar can be read here from FetchYourNews.com .

We will soon announce our next event aimed at education on illegal immigration.

—>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.