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 DACA illegal aliens in GA whould pay less college tuition than U.S. citizens and legal immigrants from other states

Candidate for Lt. Governor and current President Pro Tem of the state senate, Sen. Butch Miller Miller, has come out in support of giving the illegal aliens with DACA a lower tuition rate in public colleges than U.S. citizens and legal immigrants from other states.

Thanks to a Twitter post from an elated  former GALEOstaffer and illegal alien DACA recipient, Jaime Rangel, who lobbies for FWD.us under the Gold Dome (yes, really) we see a January 7 report from the liberal Gainesville Times with that policy nugget.

The Georgia Chamber of Commerce is also pushing hardf or that action.

Boiled down for those new to the issue, there are about twenty thousand illegal aliens living in Georgia with a deferral on deportation proceedings because they came to the U.S. as “children.” That number could soon zoom up because of Biden’s “ya’ll come!” policy on our southern border.

Currently the University System of Georgia (and the Technical College System of Georgia – TCSG) offers essentially two levels of tuition rates – instate and out of state. For academic year 2020-2021, the average tuition & fees for colleges in Georgia was $4,739 for instate and $17,008 for out-of-state according to experts at collegetuition.com. It’s pretty simple: Georgia residents pay less to attend Georgia’s public universities and Tech colleges than a student from Michigan or Arizona, for example.

The news of Miller’s support comes in the Gainesville Times report “5 issues to watch to watch from Hall County legislators in 2022 session.”… read the rest here.

Ira Melhman

The Daily Caller

Nov. 29, 2021

“Among the many provisions of the wildly expensive so-called Build Back Better (BBB) Act that is now before the Senate is one that would grant de facto amnesty to an estimated 7 million illegal aliens. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that such a provision would add $115 billion to the federal deficit over the next decade.”

“Grizzled political veterans like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have learned that the best way to sell unpopular policies is to convince us that everyone else is as unhappy about it as we are. In the sometimes surreal world that exists inside the Beltway, a good piece of legislation is one that leaves everyone feeling like they got a raw deal.

Occasionally, on matters where public opinion is pretty evenly divided, a compromise that gives everyone a little of what they want in exchange for a little of what they don’t want has some merit. But no matter how hard Capitol Hill dealmakers try to spin, extolling the virtues of a grand compromise is not justified when a small minority gets a lot of what they want, while the vast majority gets nothing at all.

Among the many provisions of the wildly expensive so-called Build Back Better (BBB) Act that is now before the Senate is one that would grant de facto amnesty to an estimated 7 million illegal aliens. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that such a provision would add $115 billion to the federal deficit over the next decade (not an insignificant sum, even in an era where trillion price tags no longer induce sticker shock). Beyond the CBO’s ten-year scoring, the costs of a mass amnesty would likely run into the trillions.

For these and other reasons, the amnesty provisions of the BBB have very little public support. They also provide nothing of value to the American people, especially at a time when 80% of the public, according to a Harvard-Harris poll, believes that our record-setting levels of new illegal immigration are a serious problem, and 65% believe that policies put in place by the slender Democratic majority are encouraging more illegal immigration. While the BBB offers legal presence and work permits to millions of people who broke our laws, it does not even make the pretense of controlling future illegal immigration that four out of five Americans see as a serious problem.

Undoubtedly, as the bill is taken up by the Senate, Majority Leader Schumer will make much of the fact that the immigration provisions do not give amnesty advocates everything they are demanding. Hence, he will declare it to be a noble compromise and a shining example of the way the system is supposed to work. With the help of the media, he will gloss over the obvious fact that 80 percent of the American people are getting nothing they want, while the 20 percent who support amnesty and open borders are getting much of what they want.

In order for the ruse to work, Schumer must be able to demonstrate just how unhappy he is making the small segment of the public that wants unconditional amnesty for every illegal alien in the county. He seems to have that covered. In a letter addressed to Schumer and other Senate leaders last week, 91 House Democrats (representing, appropriately enough, 21% of the American public) complained that the immigration provisions approved in that chamber’s version of BBB do not go nearly far enough in rewarding illegal aliens. Even though there is virtually no chance that ostensibly temporary immigration benefits once extended would ever be repealed, they demand that the Senate version include an immediate pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal aliens.

The signatories know full-well that the Senate parliamentarian has already rejected attempts to include a full-blown amnesty as part of a filibuster-proof budget reconciliation bill, and that even an amnesty thinly disguised as a temporary reprieve will be a heavy lift. But that’s not the point…

More here.

The below news report on the final of three Georgia Chamber of Commerce-arranged state House study committee ‘Innovative Ways to Maximize Global Talent‘ (really) meetings on an alleged “labor shortage” is not only intentionally incomplete but serves as a no-cost advertisement for the groups selling the “solution”…increased immigration numbers, amnesty, instate tuition for illegal aliens, foreign police officers and ending immigration verification of applicants for occupational licensing in Georgia.

We have been attending and writing up these one-sided hearings here and here and here, with the last meeting narrative in progress. We call it a dog & pony show.

Give the AJC article a read and see how they live link to FWD.us,  Georgia’s Business & Immigration Partnership, and New American Pathways.

The agenda-driven AJC stopped even acknowledging the existence of our pro-enforcement effort years ago…and they never linked to us when they did. Usually, they would not even name our group (it’s the Dustin Inman Society), but often instead falsely referred to our pro-enforcement effort as an “anti-immigration/immigrant group.”

The AJC is one of the most dishonest newspapers in the nation. Editor, Kevin Riley.

Oct 22, 2021

As Georgia faces labor shortage, lawmakers consider solutions from immigrant advocate

A bipartisan group of lawmakers studies barriers holding immigrants back from labor force

Here.

The below originally ran on the subscription Insider Advantage Georgia website, October 15, 2021. It is reposted here with permission.

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Many thanks to InsiderAdvantage for your recent profile on Rep. Bee Nguyen (Nguyen among a crowded field in Secretary of State’s race).  I found it quite informative and provided useful insight into her background. It is vitally important to get an idea of the beliefs and priorities of a potential constitutional office holder.

I would like to add information on Nguyen’s position regarding at least one aspect of illegal immigration that most voters will find relevant in their decision process on selecting a candidate for next year’s Secretary of State race. Including at our pro-enforcement house, she is unlikely to find support from anyone who wants to make Georgia unattractive to illegal immigration and voter fraud.

Nguyen is the sponsor of HB 833 also known as the “Freedom to Drive Act” which would reward illegal aliens who don’t already have a Georgia driver’s license and or state ID Card with a “Driving Card” and/or an official ID card. The official permission to drive and use state ID would apply to virtually all the estimated 400,000 illegal aliens in Georgia as well as any of the hordes of illegal aliens who have been welcomed into the U.S. by the Biden administration and who have Georgia on their mind as a homestead destination.

The 20,000 illegal aliens living in Georgia who are recipients of the Obama era DACA status already have access to the exact same driver’s license the Department of Drivers Services issues to legal immigrants and guest workers here with legal visas.

The official nod for “undocumented workers” to drive lawfully would extend to commercial operations as well.

Dustin Inman Society President D.A. King has warned about this legislation and provided background on the failed attempt by Tennessee to provide security or transparency in almost an identical concept in 2004. “Tennessee ended that adventure after two years and a federal investigation that exposed the extreme level of fraud, bribery and the fact that illegal aliens from other states were flocking to Tennessee to get ‘documented’ Georgia is already home to more illegal aliens than Arizona. Most of us don’t want to make it easier for them to vote,” wrote King.

I join him in noting that “in Bee Nguyen’s proposed change to state law, documents used by illegal aliens on the application for ID and driving credentials could not be used for a state criminal investigation unless there was an order by a federal judge. That includes the application itself.” There is more.

Conservative voters may believe this legislation is far too extreme to be taken seriously by leaders under the Gold Dome. I respectfully urge those who would dismiss the possibility of passage in the GOP-controlled legislature to consider the power of the special interest groups who will push behind the scenes for passage in the name of a “mobile workforce” and “Number One for Business…”

Would Gov. Brian Kemp sign such a bill if it did pass?

Inger Eberhart

Board member, The Dustin Inman Society

Canton, GA.