[1]House Rules Chairman Jay Powell (R- Camilla)
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The below letter ran last week in the Mitchell County Enterprise-Journal. We are very grateful for the space.
An update on HB 202 and Rep Jay Powell
Dear editor,
Thank you very much for publishing my guest column last week [2] alerting your readers to the peril of HB202 in the House Rules Committee run by Rep Jay Powell. The simple bill would have required the Georgia Department of Corrections to inform the public on the number of non-citizens, including illegal aliens in our prison system along with their home countries and crimes committed.
HB202 was deemed to be too much information to be made public.
I am sad to report that Rep Powell did not allow the bill to go to the House for a vote, where it would have passed by a wide margin. HB202 will not become law this year.
Including the discredited SPLC, the radical, leftist, corporate-funded illegal alien lobby that worked against passage has claimed another victory here in the Peach State with the defeat of HB 202.
While the big names in Atlanta media have carefully ignored it, the legislation, Rep Powell’s use of power and the fact that GOP-ruled Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than green card holders has captured the attention of smaller newspapers all over the state and several national news outlets, including Breitbart News. We will see more on this story.
It should be noted that because our new Governor, Brian Kemp has the authority, he could easily issue an Executive Order to require the Dept. of Corrections to create and make public the quarterly reports that HB 202 would have mandated if it had been allowed to pass. Governor Kemp’s office number is 404-656-1776.
D.A. King
Marietta