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Section 6 – Verifying citizenship of folks arrested

 

Para 8 – when person is confined in jail – this is more clear than a simple traffic stop – whne that person is taken to jail – authorities shall determine nationality.  If not national, verify lawful admittance.  If not lawfully here – the jail keeper will use law enforcement support center to determine legality – or determine if other warrants are outstanding.

 

Rogers hands out doc showing that law enforcement support center is free – says this is example of federal govt establishing program to help locals enforce federal immigration law. 

 

Practical reality of section – if arrested and taken to jail….individual is removed

 

Kemp:  Are other states doing this now?

 

Rogers:  I don’t know… law enforcement support center has been successful  cites stats for the center…

 

Kemp: So, the people responsible for checing the info – is this the department or authority making the original arrest?

 

Rogers : Verification will be made in jail within 48 hours – procedure takes 20 mins

 

Butler: If individual from NC has accident and has accident does that qualify them as illegal?

 

Rogers: Will the NC license be disqualified under this code section?  That will be left up to those responsible for developing guidelines… (as defined in the bill)

 

Butler: You say persons at jail will take care of this – are all jails equipped to handle this inquiry?  Do they have access to the system?  Are they trained?

 

Rogers: I would certainly hope so.  This section does not alter the booking process… I would assume that every jail has contemplated idea that every jail has procedures for handling such…

 

Keller:  What you have got here is adding one other element that is trying to determine person’s nationality when they are booked in… I think every jail does a GCIC or NCIC check on inmates.  So outstanding warrants under normal procedures are check.  This simply adds LSC verification… 

 

Rogers: End result is you are only removing people you want to remove anyway

 

Carter: Section 6, Ls 14-17: what you are looking at is the booking officer is asked under this language to determine nationality of this person.  You are not asking that booking officer to do this at the time of confinement… aren’t you .. is the language clear here?

 

Rogers – we mean those currently processed into the jail

 

???: Are these people carrying the papers you need on them?  How do we make sure they carry these papers?

 

Rogers:  LSC knows who has deportation orders.  This section gets at legitimate ID – show a GA drivers license and we know you are here lawfully

 

Mike (H):  A US citizen with a foreign appearance – appears to me in the language – booker asks if you are a citizen?  Seems to me few would lie here as that is a serious felony (hmm… you are here illegally and suddenly you worry about a felony charge?)

 

Aliens are required to carry documents on their person at all times – it is a federal misdemeanor not to have these docs on you

Rogers:

 

Listed all the parties he has worked with to develop SB 529.

 

(The room is packed – business, minorities, 5 camera crews – a standing room only crowd in Room 310 of the Coverdell Office Building)

 

 

INA – Section 274 – unlawful employment of aliens:  defines making employment unlawful.  Part of 1986 Immigration Reform Act.

 

Says farm labor must subscribe to this prohibition.

 

Can’t continue to employ alien once you are aware that alien is illegal

 

Section 4: Labor through contract – a person who uses any form to obtain labor of unauthorized alien – is considered to have hired the alien.

 

(one wonders why we need the bill if all of this is already illegal

 

 

USCA 8-16-1611, 1641

 

 

 

Section 1611 – ineligible for public benefits – exceptions – emergency healthcare, immunizations, etc

 

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 …

 

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…

 

Rogers now wants to go through the bill:

 

Calls Attorney from FAIR to the table:

 

LC185343S – Committee Sub to SB 529

 

Mike (Hefman???) – not a licensed Georgia lawyer – his comments are from perspective of federal immigration law

 

Section 2 of the Bill

 

Public Employees and Public Contracts

 

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)

 

Tony Brown – Society for HR Mgt – “I don’t know how I lived without PILOT�.  Allows you to electronically and instantaneously verify citizenship

 

 

 

WordPress keeps giving me a Thank You screen

Dana Blankenhorn has made a simple statement that should be emblazed upon the forehead of every policy maker:

America’s economic future requires every citizen have access to Internet resources, and full freedom to use them.

If you need to think about it, I’d start practice my hamburger making skills.

Dana Blankenhorn has made a simple statement that should be emblazed upon the forehead of every policy maker:

America’s economic future requires every citizen have access to Internet resources, and full freedom to use them.

If you need to think about it, I’d start practice my hamburger making skills.

The sun was really pretty coming up this am… sigh, it is off to the office, crawl “under the dome”, and hear some bills one might question their purpose.

Here’s the To Do for the day

1. Finish Agenda for House Science and Technology Committee meeting discussion on Tech bills in other states
2. Attend Senate Science and Technology Committee meeting and hear the following bills

1. SB 241 – allows electronic signatures on real estate closing documents – will greatly streamline closing process and search process for filed real estate documents
2. SB 425 – also known as the “UnSpam” bill – this bill creates a “do not e-mail” list to “protect children from internet predators.”  Dana Blankenhorn has written on this one and so has the WSJ (at least an expose on the company).
3. SB 394 -an ‘anti-phishing’ bill making it a computer crime to pretend to be a business
4. SB 395 – A bill restricting cell service providers from “locking you in” to a contract that prevents them from making you sign up for a longer contract when you change plans or buy another phone
5. SB 455 – aims to put brokers of cellphone numbers out of business

 Figure out sponsors for some agency legislation

Just gotta keep the head down and the memories of sunrise intact

The sun was really pretty coming up this am… sigh, it is off to the office, crawl “under the dome”, and hear some bills one might question their purpose.

Here’s the To Do for the day

1. Finish Agenda for House Science and Technology Committee meeting discussion on Tech bills in other states
2. Attend Senate Science and Technology Committee meeting and hear the following bills

1. SB 241 – allows electronic signatures on real estate closing documents – will greatly streamline closing process and search process for filed real estate documents
2. SB 425 – also known as the “UnSpam” bill – this bill creates a “do not e-mail” list to “protect children from internet predators.”  Dana Blankenhorn has written on this one and so has the WSJ (at least an expose on the company).
3. SB 394 -an ‘anti-phishing’ bill making it a computer crime to pretend to be a business
4. SB 395 – A bill restricting cell service providers from “locking you in” to a contract that prevents them from making you sign up for a longer contract when you change plans or buy another phone
5. SB 455 – aims to put brokers of cellphone numbers out of business

 Figure out sponsors for some agency legislation

Just gotta keep the head down and the memories of sunrise intact