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Georgia’s comprehensive illegal immigration bill to be heard in committee Monday, February 27

Georgia state Senator Chip Rogers’ bill, The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act [SB 529] [1] will be discussed in the senate Homeland Security Committee Monday at 2:00 PM.

The committee is expected to vote on the legislationTuesday.

“>See here [2] for info from state Senator Sam Zamarripa’s organization opposing any and all efforts to fight illegal immigration in Georgia. Please understand what he is asking his supporters to do.

If you support Georgia government taking action to prohibit illegal aliens from accessing taxpayer benefits not already federally mandated, stopping state contracts from going to anyone employing illegal labor, if you support requiring Georgia employers being required to use the available federal Basic Pilot program to verify Social Security numbers of job applicants [3], reporting illegal aliens to the federal government when they are jailed [4]and stoppping human trafficking in Georgia….please use the information supplied by Zamarripa [5] to make your opinion known to the committee members listed.

The committee hearing is open to the public.

If you can come to the meeting at the Capitol Monday @ 2:00 PM…please help Georgia, and its government, return to the rule of law. If you cannot be in attendence, you can watch the meeting here. [6]

Rogers’ bill is the most comprehensive legislation of its kind in the nation, and will set a new standard in requiring states to do the job the federal government will not do [7]– stop illegal immigration by taking away the magnet that draws illegal aliens to Georgia -American jobs and taxpayer benefits.

From the the AJC [8], the Georgia Security & Immigration Compliance Act explained:

WHAT THE LEGISLATION DOES

• Requires local law enforcement agencies to determine the nationality of every person arrested, and if the person is a foreign national to then verify their lawful presence in the United States. If the person arrested is unlawfully in the U.S., local law enforcement must notify federal officials of the arrest. It is then up to federal authorities to determine if the person arrested is subject to deportation.

• Denies taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants older than 18.

• Requires that if an employer claims a worker’s salary as a state income tax write-off, that employer maintain copies of approved forms indicating the worker is in the country legally.

• Establishes tough new penalties for human trafficking.

• Requires public agencies, contractors and subcontractors to use a federal, electronic verification process for anyone getting a state contract.

WHAT IT DOES NOT DO

• The bill does not require local law enforcement officials to arrest people for violating immigration laws. It does not apply to people pulled over for moving violations and issued citations — it only applies to people arrested and booked into jail.

• It does not deny taxpayer-funded benefits to children or to people in need of emergency medical care.

• It does not hold employers responsible if employees provide them with false documents to show they are legally in the country.

• It does not deny public education to the children of illegal immigrants — this is required by the courts.

• Institute any new major deportation effort by the state.
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Senator Chip Rogers on illegal immigration. Again, from the AJC:

• “The problem has not been a lack of laws. The problem has been a complete lack of [federal] enforcement. I’m firmly convinced the problem could be addressed with the laws we have today if we would only enforce those laws.”
• “When there’s no enforcement, the negative impact of illegal immigration falls on the states. So it’s appropriate that the state looks at the situation and tries to deal with it.”
• “To think that any one bill will solve all the problems is wishful thinking. That’s simply not going to happen. This will be a multiyear process. Illegal immigration is really a problem that has been building in this nation for 25 years. We won’t solve it in one year. My bill is just a first step in the process.”
• “The way it stands now, you have certain employers willing to violate the law who are being rewarded by the marketplace. You have others who are not violating the law and the marketplace punishes them. We want a system that has clear bright lines of what an employer can do and what they can expect.”
• “When we begin to say that illegal actions are now legal just because they turn a profit, we have stepped over a very important line. While the numbers are important, of paramount importance is the rule of law and making sure everyone in Georgia realizes what the rules are and that they have to play by them.”
• “We can make up laws all day long that tell governments they can’t give things to illegal aliens. But if the government or employer is given a fake piece of identification we really haven’t achieved much. I’m still looking for the magic bullet to solve this problem. But I don’t know if it exists.”

The Dustin Inman Society supports all legislation that discourages illegal immigration.

If only the Governor of Georgia [9] shared our view.