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<\/a><\/p>\nGOP Rep. Regrets \u2018Nazi\u2019 Claims, But Defends Gutting Immigration Enforcement Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n Breitbart<\/p>\n March 27, 2018<\/p>\n Neil Munro<\/p>\n \u201cThis isn\u2019t Nazi Germany,\u201d he said March 27. \u201cThat was probably a little strong \u2026 the term was definitely probably a little far.\u201d<\/p>\n On March 20, Clark said he opposed an immigration-reform bill requiring non-citizens to carry documents about their visas status, adding \u201cThis isn\u2019t Nazi Germany \u2014 we are not asking people to carry their papers around on them at all times.\u201d Clark is the vice chairman of the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee.<\/p>\n The immigration-reform bill is backed by Cagle, who is running in the GOP\u2019s gubernatorial primary. A March 27 statement from Cagle\u2019s spokesman praised the original bill:<\/p>\n As it passed the Senate, the Ensuring Necessary Deportations (END) Act is one of the strongest measures ever proposed to keep criminal illegal aliens off our streets. The Senate crafted a common-sense bill preventing criminal illegal aliens from slipping through the cracks and committing further crimes in our society. I\u2019m hopeful members of the House will stand up for their constituents and allow our law enforcement officers to fulfill their oath of office by upholding the law.<\/p>\n The Cagle-backed bill \u2014 Senate Bill 452 \u2014 says police shall notify local, state and federal officials when they arrest an illegal immigrant. The bill faces a deadline of Thursday when the assembly\u2019s annual session ends.<\/p>\n advertisement<\/p>\n But Clark and his allies took out the word \u201cshall\u201d out of the bill and inserted \u201cmay\u201d at the behest of business lobbies. That change allows local business groups and ethnic lobbies to pressure police chiefs to minimize the reporting and deportation of the many illegal-immigrant workers in Georgia who hold down Americans\u2019 wages.<\/p>\n That \u201cmay\u201d change is needed, Clark said, because some legal immigrants may be caught up because they do not speak English even though they are citizens. For example, he said, the new foreign wives of soldiers stationed in his district at Robins Air Force Base, may be caught by the process. \u201cHow is a law-enforcement supposed to know the [new citizens] are not required to have paperwork?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI want to have an immigration policy that punishes the illegal immigrants without infringing on the rights of those who are lawful residents and US citizens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Federal law requires new legal residents to carry their documents, responded D.A. King, an immigration reformer in Georgia. The required documents can be effortlessly carried as photocopies in pocketbooks or as images in cell phones, said King, who created the pro-American Dustin Inman Society in memory of Dustin Inman, a Georgian killed by an illegal-immigrant driver.<\/p>\n Rep. Clark also changed the Cagle-backed bill to remove a requirement that courts tell federal officials when they have convicted an illegal of any crime in the state. Clark\u2019s amended version now says judges shall only report felony crimes. That change will reduce the deportation of wage-lowering illegals who commit non-felony crimes, such as drunk-driving.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was a lot of concerns there with municipal county judges \u2014 this is coming from them \u2026 that it would cause crowding in jails\u201d when people are detained for minor offenses, such as playing music too loud from autos, Clark said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis does not have anything to do with jail overcrowding because the person is already in prison,\u201d responded King. The Cagle-backed law requires local officials to notify federal officials 72 hours before releasing illegals from jail, he said, so \u201cit does not entail any extra time.\u201d<\/p>\n Clark \u201cdoes not want to talk about [the impact of illegals on] wages or jobs or for Americans, including legal immigrants,\u201d said King, adding:<\/p>\n He does not care about that. He did what he did because he was told to by the people who are in charge in Georgia \u2014 the business people [and the]corporate-funded anti-enforcement groups. When we see a Republican talk about \u2018Nazi Germany,\u2019 it is not difficult to see where it coming from.<\/p>\n When Breitbart News asked Clark about the impact of illegal and legal immigration on Americans\u2019 wages, Clark responded \u201cI do have to run\u201d and ended the interview.<\/p>\n The state\u2019s Hispanic population is now more than 850,000, up from roughly 30,000 in 1992. Many of the newcomers work in low-wage, low-tech blue-collar jobs, so helping company owners cuts costs and avoid investment in labor-saving machinery.<\/p>\n