{"id":16032,"date":"2020-09-09T11:39:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=16032"},"modified":"2020-09-09T11:39:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:39:56","slug":"repost-georgias-republican-lt-governor-endorses-former-board-member-of-anti-immigration-enforcement-corporation-for-state-senate-jason-anavitarte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/09\/repost-georgias-republican-lt-governor-endorses-former-board-member-of-anti-immigration-enforcement-corporation-for-state-senate-jason-anavitarte\/","title":{"rendered":"Repost: Georgia\u2019s Republican Lt. Governor endorses former board member of anti-immigration enforcement corporation for state senate \u2013 Jason Anavitarte"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally posted on ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Georgia\u2019s Republican Lt. Governor endorses former board member of anti-immigration enforcement corporation for state senate \u2013 Jason Anavitarte<\/h1>\n

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

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Georgia\u2019s Lt. Governor, Geoff Duncan. Photo: LtGov.ga.gov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GALEO infamous in state politics for its\u00a0extreme positions on immigration and radical leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jason Anavitarte registered to run for state House in 2006 as a Democrat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan office phone \u2013 404-656-5030<\/p>\n

Republican Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan<\/a> has endorsed a candidate for state senate who is a former board member of a leftist organization that lobbies against immigration enforcement, voter ID, ICE holds<\/a> and official English for government.<\/p>\n

State Senate District 31 hopeful Jason Anavitarte served on the board of directors<\/a> of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) from 2006 to 2009. During that time, GALEO lobbied against passage of the nationally noted SB529, the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act<\/a> which established a requirement that public employers and their contractors sort out newly hired blackmarket labor with use of the federal employment verification system now known as E-Verify.<\/a><\/p>\n

The legislation also required state use of the federal 287(g)<\/a> program that allows local law enforcement to screen jail inmates for immigration status and report illegal alien prisoners to ICE for deportation proceedings. The bill, now law, that GALEO vehemently opposed also requires that local and county governments verify the legal status of people applying for local, state and federal public benefits.<\/a><\/p>\n

GALEO Executive Director and former Democrat fundraiser, Jerry Gonzalez, drew much attention during the lobbying frenzy against the 2006 state immigration enforcement measure when he escorted self-described illegal aliens into the gold-domed state Capitol telling legislators they should regard the illegal aliens \u00a0as \u201cconstituents.\u201d\u00a0Gonzalez described the illegals as merely \u201cimmigrants.\u201d The staged and pre-announced GALEO transporting and encouragement of the illegals made a memorable note for pro-enforcement groups and\u00a0news in the Atlanta Journal Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As has been reported elsewhere<\/a>, GALEO was established in 2003. Along with Jane Fonda, Anavitarte is also listed as a GALEO \u201cFounding Friend<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

A February Twitter post from Lt. Governor Duncan describes Anavitarte as a \u201cproven conservative\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo: @GeoffDuncanGA Twitter feed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The endorsement from Duncan has raised eyebrows in conservative quarters of the state\u2019s Republican Party not only because GALEO<\/a> is well known for its corporate-funded<\/a> opposition to immigration enforcement, but because candidate Anavitarte, now running as a Republican,filed to run for state House in 2006 as a Democrat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Lt. Governor also serves as president of the state senate.<\/p>\n

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Jason Anavitarte. Photo: Rome-News Tribune<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps the most jarring surprise for pro-enforcement voters in Duncan\u2019s endorsement is the fact that in 2016, U.S. Senator David Perdue terminated<\/a> the Judiciary Committee\u2019s confirmation process of another former GALEO board member and State Court Judge, Dax Lopez, who was nominated for a federal judgeship by former President Barack Obama. Perdue made it clear that his office investigated the nominee\u2019s ties to the controversial GALEO<\/a> and ended the chances of confirmation because of that relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a thorough review of the professional and judicial record of DeKalb County Judge Dax Lopez, I have become uncomfortable with his longstanding participation in a controversial organization including his service on its board of directors\u201d Perdue wrote in his statement<\/a> on the matter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The obvious \u2013 and many say troubling \u2013 difference in judgment between Georgia\u2019s Republican Lt. Governor and its senior U.S. Senator is not going un-noticed by grassroots GOP voters.<\/p>\n

According to the left-leaning Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than green card holders.<\/p>\n

Georgia\u2019s governor, Brian Kemp, snared a primary endorsement from President Donald Trump in 2018 due in large part to Kemp\u2019s tough talk and campaign promises on illegal immigration. Kemp has not mentioned immigration<\/a> since the November, 2018 election.<\/p>\n

Ballotpedia lists<\/a> four Republican candidates for Georgia\u2019s senate District 31.<\/p>\n

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Originally posted on ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com Georgia\u2019s Republican Lt. Governor endorses former board member of anti-immigration enforcement corporation for state senate \u2013 Jason Anavitarte MAY 20, 2020 BY D.A. KING Georgia\u2019s Lt. Governor, Geoff Duncan. Photo: LtGov.ga.gov GALEO infamous in state politics for its\u00a0extreme positions on immigration and radical leadership Jason Anavitarte registered to run for state […]<\/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\/16032"}],"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=16032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16038,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16032\/revisions\/16038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}