{"id":8942,"date":"2017-05-23T12:53:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T17:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=8942"},"modified":"2020-02-27T10:11:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T15:11:42","slug":"illegal-alien-lobby-in-georgia-brenda-lopez-romero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/23\/illegal-alien-lobby-in-georgia-brenda-lopez-romero\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing education: The illegal alien lobby in Georgia: State Rep Brenda Lopez (Romero)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A continuing educational series on Georgia\u2019s illegal alien lobby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><\/em> I don&#8217;t know how it got by me, but until today I did not realize that Georgia state Rep. Brenda Lopez Romero was an illegal alien who somehow scored an amnesty\/change of status. See below, from the AJC on Feb 26, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brenda Lopez Romero, D-Norcross, who said after spending 12 years as an undocumented immigrant, she wanted to support Fosque for speaking on behalf of those who were most marginalized.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local\/gwinnett-commissioners-drop-ethics-complaint-against-marlene-fosque\/4rhOBlQMdA5e7eub9UtaMM\/\"><strong>Here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hqdefault-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8949\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hqdefault-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hqdefault-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hqdefault-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Youtube<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brenda Lopez (Romero)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0** \u00a0@VoteBrendaLopez \u00a0**<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Georgia State Rep, District 99 (Norcross, in Gwinnett County) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.ga.gov\/Representatives\/en-US\/member.aspx?Member=4900&amp;Session=25\">HERE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bonus<\/strong> insight into mass, uncontrolled immigration&#8217;s effect on Gwinnett County, Georgia\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/saportareport.com\/gwinnett-countys-dramatic-demographic-shift-illustrates-question-who-are-we\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/Legislation\/en-US\/MemberLegislation.aspx?Member=4900&amp;Session=25\">Democrat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gabar.org\/MemberSearchDetail.cfm?ID=55387\">Immigration lawyer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Born in Mexico, became U.S. citizen \u201cjust before law school.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Anti-enforcement immigration activist on the board of the tribalist,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/21\/who-funds-the-illegal-alien-anti-english-lobby-in-georgia-below-is-a-list-from-the-may-19-2017-galeo-power-breakfast-fundraiser-in-atlanta\/\"> corporate<\/a>-funded\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/19\/the-illegal-alien-lobby-a-beginners-guide-to-galeo-10-activist-anti-enforcement-corporation-lobbies-against-local-jails-honoring-ice-detainers\/\"> GALEO <\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0see <a href=\"http:\/\/galeo.org\/about-us\/galeo-board-of-directors\/\">HERE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>As a state legislator, joins GALEO in opposition to English as constitutional official language of Georgia \u2013 says &#8220;it breeds distrust and prejudice against minority groups.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/news.wabe.org\/post\/norcross-attorney-set-become-first-latina-ga-legislature\">HERE.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/votebrendalopez?lang=en\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>*Speaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/index.php?s=beginners+guide\">GALEO<\/a> fundraiser September, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Join us &amp; celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! EARLY REGISTRATION CLOSES ON FRIDAY! RSVP TODAY!<br \/>\nKeynote speaker:<br \/>\nAlejandra Ceja<br \/>\nExecutive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics<br \/>\nThe 2016 Hispanic Heritage Month Luncheon is one of the principle fundraising events for GALEO &amp; the GALEO Latino Community Development Fund.<br \/>\nDate: Friday, September 30, 2016.<br \/>\nTime: 11:30 AM-1:30 PM.<br \/>\nLocation: Hyatt Regency Atlanta Perimeter at Villa Christina, 4000 Summit Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia, 30319<br \/>\n\u2192<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Special remarks provided by: *Brenda Lopez, Representative-elect, Georgia House of Representatives, 1st Latina in the Georgia Legislature<\/span>.<br \/>\nMistress of Ceremonies: Lara-Carolina Fernandez, Telemundo Atlanta<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>On being American: Says illegal aliens with illegal Obama DACA amnesty \u201ca<strong>re basically more American than some of us that may have been born in this country, right?\u2026these are American kids for all intents and purposes.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rep Lopez was one of twenty-six House members who voted against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/04\/georgias-criminal-alien-information-sharing-legislation-this-is-the-relevant-language-of-hb-452-which-passed-the-georgia-general-assembly-on-march-30-2017-another-bill-sb1-was-added-to-it\/\">HB 452<\/a>, which requires that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gbi.georgia.gov\">GBI <\/a>share information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/445735\/georgia-bill-criminal-aliens\">it is already receiving from ICE<\/a> on the release of violent, convicted criminal aliens. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/06\/anti-enforcement-democrat-georgia-state-rep-on-illegal-aliens-with-deferred-action-on-deportation-more-american-than-americans\/\">HERE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Lopez told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.11alive.com\/news\/local\/ga-bill-would-create-registry-of-criminal-aliens\/416245156\">a local TV reporter<\/a> that alerting Georgia&#8217;s county sheriffs and the public when criminal aliens &#8211; some of whom have been <a href=\"http:\/\/cis.org\/vaughan\/ice-releases-19723-criminal-aliens-2015\">convicted of murder, rape, kidnapping and child molestation <\/a>&#8211; are released back into our communities instead of being deported is\u00a0&#8220;the most &#8220;egregious&#8221; anti-immigrant bill in Georgia in nearly a decade.&#8221; The registry is &#8220;just fundamentally something that goes against our notions of privacy, also our notions of rehabilitation,&#8221; Lopez said.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Note<\/strong><\/em>: GALEO lobbied against HB 452 in the committee process and led a forty-day activist campaign attempting to have the bill vetoed &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/galeo.org\/advocacy-please-call-governor-deal-ask-veto-hb452\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>HB 452 is now state law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_8976\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18620555_10154412361591356_2196097872644625952_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8976\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8976\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18620555_10154412361591356_2196097872644625952_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18620555_10154412361591356_2196097872644625952_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18620555_10154412361591356_2196097872644625952_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18620555_10154412361591356_2196097872644625952_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18620555_10154412361591356_2196097872644625952_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GALEO Power Breakfast fundraiser, May 19, 2017 GALEO<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A continuing educational series on Georgia\u2019s illegal alien lobby UPDATE: I don&#8217;t know how it got by me, but until today I did not realize that Georgia state Rep. 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See below, from the AJC on Feb 26, 2020. &#8220;Brenda Lopez Romero, [&hellip;]<\/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\/8942"}],"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=8942"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15296,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8942\/revisions\/15296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}