{"id":16023,"date":"2020-09-09T11:10:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=16023"},"modified":"2020-09-09T11:16:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:16:27","slug":"jason-anavitarte-write-up-on-immigration-politics-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/09\/jason-anavitarte-write-up-on-immigration-politics-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Anavitarte write up on Immigration Politics Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The below column originally appeared on ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com<\/a><\/h4>\n

Former Dem candidate and board member on anti-enforcement immigration lobby group wins GOP primary for Georgia state senate<\/h1>\n

D.A. KING<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Jason Anavitarte. Photo: Marietta Daily Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Lt. Governor\u2019s PAC reportedly kicks in $250,000 for narrow victory<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Jason Anavitarte, controversial candidate for the Republican ballot in Georgia\u2019s state senate District 31 primary contest has apparently squeaked past opponent Boyd Austin, a former mayor.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Austin has criticized Anavitarte as representing \u201coutside interests\u201d rather than the district; \u201c\u2026a breakdown of Anavitarte\u2019s contributions from both his April 30th report as well as his latest one bear this out. In the April document 94 percent of Anavitarte\u2019s contributions come from outside the district (with many from lobbyists). In the latest report, outside-the-district donations make up 97 percent of Anavitarte\u2019s total. Only six individuals in the district gave a monetary contribution\u201d according to a July note at Insider Advantage Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As of August 22, the Secretary of State website still shows results of the August 11TH<\/sup> primary contest as \u201cUnofficial Results<\/a> \u2013 Totals may not include all Absentee or Provisional Ballots\u201d<\/em> but watchers agree that Anavitarte will likely prevail in the final vote tally.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Final and official results<\/a> show that Anavitarte won 10,574 to 10,348, a margin of 226 votes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anavitarte has drawn considerable attention since it was revealed that from 2006 -2009 he served on the board <\/a>of the radical GALEO Inc. GALEO is well known as a corporate-funded<\/a>force against immigration enforcement, ICE holds, 287(g), voter ID<\/a> and official English. In 2006, the same year Anavitarte joined the board of directors, GALEO teamed with the ACLU, MALDEF<\/a>, and the ADL in a protest rally<\/a> against state immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

GALEO Director Jerry Gonzalez has illustrated the group\u2019s mission with antics such as escorting admitted illegal aliens into the Georgia senate Chamber in an effort to stop passage of a 2006 bill, the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act (SB529<\/a>) \u2013 aimed at reducing Georgia\u2019s attractiveness as a destination for illegal immigration. Gonzalez has also been criticized for badgering a diminutive female state Rep, Katie Dempsey, for her pro-enforcement position on E-Verify in a Rome, Ga. public forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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GALEO\u2019s Jerry Gonzalez. Photo: Dustin Inman Society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In early 2016, another former GALEO board member and state court judge, Dax Lopez, was passed over for confirmation after an Obama nomination for a lifetime seat on the federal bench due to his ties to GALEO. \u00a0This writer was proudly credited with leading the opposition to the Lopez nomination with the research series \u2018A Beginner\u2019s Guide to GALEO<\/a>\u2019 posted on the Dustin Inman Society website in 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n

On its political blog, the Atlanta Journal Constitution has reported that a PAC, \u2018Advance Georgia,\u2019 founded by Georgia\u2019s Republican Lt. Governor and president of the senate Geoff Duncan helped Anavitarte\u2019s slim victory with a $250,000 infusion:<\/p>\n

\u201cJason Anavitarte might owe\u00a0Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan a thank-you note for his apparent narrow GOP runoff victory over Boyd Austin in the contest to replace state Sen. Bill Heath, R-Bremen. The lieutenant governor\u2019s PAC pumped about $250,000 into Anavitarte\u2019s bid. He\u2019s currently up by about 200 votes \u2013 a 1% margin says the liberal AJC Political Insider blog.
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Georgia\u2019s Lt. Governor and President of the Senate, Geoff Duncan. Photo: AJC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cJason Anavitarte is a former member of the Paulding County School Board and candidate for Senate District 31 in the Georgia Legislature. Most recently, Jason served as Senior Adviser of Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan\u2019s campaign<\/a> and served on the state finance committee for Governor Brian Kemp during the 2018 election. Jason has been named one of the 50 Most Influential Latinos in Georgia\u201d according to Anavitarte\u2019s campaign website, Campaign website <\/a>(August 19, 2020).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anavitarte, who has described himself<\/a> as an admirer and supporter of Senator Marco Rubio, is a former Doraville City Council member and in 2005 filed to run for the state House as a Democrat<\/a>. In the recent primary he was endorsed by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and originally did not mention illegal immigration on his campaign site as an issue.<\/p>\n

That changed after he drew the attention<\/a> of pro-enforcement conservatives and the media<\/a>. He now has stated policy positions on immigration that are curiously tailored to a candidate for federal office as opposed to a state senate seat, but has assured voters he is supports legal immigration without offering limits. From JasonAnavitarte.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI support legal immigration and I want to see our current immigration laws upheld. I support the following reforms:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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    Secure the border. Lack of border security is causing a rise in crimes. It is estimated that in 2018 235,000 illegal immigrants were arrested on various charges.\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/president-trump-sends-letter-border-security\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n

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    End chain migration. Stop the original immigrant from petitioning to bring their extended families into the USA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n

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    Move to a merit-based skill categories system. This system would put an emphasis on education and skill as a basis for acceptance into the country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n

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    Reform welfare. Deny welfare to anyone with a green card or visa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n

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    NO AMNESTY! Enforcement of deportation will stop people from coming to our borders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n

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    I support the use of e-verify by our businesses. We need to hire people that are legal to work here in Georgia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n

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    No in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Lt Governor Duncan\u2019s PAC was the topic of AJC coverage<\/a> in October, which included the observation: \u201cthe financial haul could also help Duncan exert more influence over a fractious Republican caucus that sporadically sparred during his first legislative session. Duncan said he preferred to view it as a \u201cpartnership\u201d to support Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n

    According to the most recent estimates from DHS, Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than Arizona and enforcement of laws designed to deny jobs, benefits and services to illegals is routinely ignored by the Republicans who have run the state for *more than a decade<\/del> nearly two decades.<\/p>\n

    Anavitarte and his committee and floor votes on illegal immigration-related matters will be the focus of much attention from conservative writers and voters when he becomes a state senator.<\/p>\n

    *Edited, 1Sept2020 \u2013 dak<\/p>\n

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    The below column originally appeared on ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com Former Dem candidate and board member on anti-enforcement immigration lobby group wins GOP primary for Georgia state senate AUGUST 22, 2020 BY D.A. KING Jason Anavitarte. Photo: Marietta Daily Journal \u00a0 Lt. Governor\u2019s PAC reportedly kicks in $250,000 for narrow victory   Jason Anavitarte, controversial candidate for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16023"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16030,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16023\/revisions\/16030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}