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Listed all the parties he has worked with to develop SB 529.
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(The room is packed – business, minorities, 5 camera crews – a standing room only crowd in Room 310 of the Coverdell Office Building)
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INA – Section 274 – unlawful employment of aliens: defines making employment unlawful. Part of 1986 Immigration Reform Act.
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Says farm labor must subscribe to this prohibition.
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Can’t continue to employ alien once you are aware that alien is illegal
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Section 4: Labor through contract – a person who uses any form to obtain labor of unauthorized alien – is considered to have hired the alien.
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(one wonders why we need the bill if all of this is already illegal
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USCA 8-16-1611, 1641
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Section 1611 – ineligible for public benefits – exceptions – emergency healthcare, immunizations, etc
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A federal public benefit – defined any grant contract loan provided by agency of United States and any post-secondary education by appropriated funds of the United States …
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Section 1621 – State and Local Public Benefits – important to make distinction that this is a federal issue only – if it were only a federal issue – then why did they define state and local benefits here…
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Rogers now wants to go through the bill:
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Calls Attorney from FAIR to the table:
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LC185343S – Committee Sub to SB 529
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Mike (Hefman???) – not a licensed Georgia lawyer – his comments are from perspective of federal immigration law
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Section 2 of the Bill
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Public Employees and Public Contracts
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Para A – Federal work authorization program (PILOT Program) – authorizes legal status of someone already hired. Currently called BASIC PILOT program — $150 million in federal dollars to help with this program. (Packet to committee has docs referring to the program)
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Tony Brown – Society for HR Mgt – “I don’t know how I lived without PILOT�. Allows you to electronically and instantaneously verify citizenship
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