AUDIO LINK ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG…a grin.

Lots of information in the embedded links if you have time.

Part of the story so far in Georgia and Cobb County where I haved lived for 24 years:

For those of you who still may not have heard, the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act (SB 529) that went into effect on July 1st requires all public employers ( this year, with over 500 employees, next year, 100, 2009 – any) to use the Basic Pilot Program to verify the eligibility to work in the United States of America – for all newly hired employees same for contractors doing business with those governments with more tha 500 employees.

It is a crime to knowingly hire illegals.

The Basic Pilot Program ( now known as Employment Eligibility Verification System- EEVS) is free and available to all employers nation wide. According to CNN about 19,ooo use it which is less than a third of 1% of the total employers.

Lou Dobbs Tonight: About 19,000 companies participate in the employment verification system, less than a third of one percent of U.S. employers. It conducts about two million social security number checks each year.

Read it here…and more.

Also, SB 529 requires all governments in Georgia to use the federal Systematic Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program to verify eligibility of all applicants age 18 and over for public benefits ( think taxpayer funded social benefits)

Cobb County (Georgia) began using both programs far earlier than required by the state law. Many local governments are not yet doing so, putting them in violation of the state law authored by Georgia state Senator Chip Rogers.

My advice…ask your (Georgia) city and county governments if they are in compliance and using these federal tools…and why not if the answer is “NO”. If you live outside Georgia, as a growing number of Dustin Inman Society supporters and friends do…ask them anyway, your governments can do the same thing with the same federal tools.

Also, Cobb County Sheriff Neil Warren is the first Sheriff in Georgia to begin using section 287 (g) of the 1996 amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act to get the federal training to expand his existing and inherent authority to enforce immigration laws. Since beginning the effort July 1st, his office has begun deportation proceedings on nearly 50 illegal aliens who came through his jail for having been arrested for additional crimes. Jerry and friends don’t like that.

We do.

Hold on, you are going to enjoy the pay- off here, I do, and we worked very hard to make all of this happen.

About two weeks ago, the Cobb County Commission, with Chairman Sam Olens as its leader, enacted housing codes that deter multi-family boarding houses in single family homes and neighborhoods. Jerry ( and MALDEF) doesn’t like that either.

Soon, Cobb County will consider an ordinace to deter daylabor sites where illegal aliens collect to work for unreported cash payments that go unreported to that pesky IRS. ( As an American or legal resident of the U.S. – don’t try this at home, you will likely be punished)

So…Jerry was on the a local NPR station this morning whining as usual about the fact that these laws actually also apply to…illegals aliens and Latinos .

NONE of our Latino pals have any problem with this, but they are not making their living promoting and defending illegal immigration and employment.

PAYOFF: Listen to Jerry on the radio from this morning and read what he has posted on his Website. I thought you would all enjoy the grin…I did.

(Direct from Atlanta Radio WABE and GALEO)

Latino Leader Blasts Cobb Commission
Found in WABE NPR Radio
Written by Steve Goss
Posted on 2007-08-08

ATLANTA (2007-08-08) In the last several months, the Cobb County Commission has enacted legislation to limit the number of unrelated family members who can occupy a single residence, to check the legal status of foreign inmates, and to require residency checks of employees of companies doing County business.

Critics complain the ordinances are targeted at the Latino community.

Earlier, Morning host Steve Goss spoke with Jerry Gonzalez, head of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials about his views and his recent resignation from the Cobb County Hispanic/Latino Initiative. Steve first asked about the original intent of that group.

Follow this url address to listen to the interview: ( Look for ” Latino Leader Blasts Cobb Commission ” in “ALSO” list (recorded 8 August 2007)

http://www.pba.org/newsroom/atlanta_news/

Thank Cobb Chairman Sam Olens and Sheriff Warren here and here.