Maybe voters who live in the Georgia 11th District can get some answers from Congressman Barry Loudermilk. We get silence. Contact info here.
The below email was sent to Georgia Congressman Barry Loudermilk’s Washington D.C. office (Brandon Cockerham press staffer Brandon.Cockerham@mail.house.gov)on March 13, 2019. It was sent again the next day and I posted a Tweet to the congressman alerting his office to the email.
No response has been received.
My email is below. I have added some links to educate the reader.
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March 13, 2019
Brandon,
I write for several news outlets, including Breitbart News, Insider Advantage Georgia many Georgia newspapers and on my own website, Immigration Politics Georgia (ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com). I am doing a report on Rep Loudermilk’s position on immigration, illegal immigration, DACA and the current effort in congress to legalize a group of illegal aliens with DACA, TPS and DED. Below I include some background and a few questions to help insure accuracy and balance in my reports. I will be grateful for your response. My deadline is Friday, 4:00 PM. I expect my piece to appear in multiple outlets and to be distributed at the Georgia state Republican Convention.
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I notice that on the congressman’s “issues” page he has detailed an explanation of the DACA executive amnesty and apparently says that no federal law clearly addresses visa overstays. Also that “we need to consider a system to allow the DACA individuals to apply for renewable contingent nonimmigrant legal (CNS) status, which would allow them to stay in the country, but would not automatically grant them U.S. citizenship.”
Congressman Loudermilk recently spoke to the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and has been quoted by several people in attendance as saying (about DACA recipients) that he and many of his colleagues “want them to stay and apply for citizenship.”
On the issues page of his official website, Congressman Loudermilk refers to “the vagueness of our laws” while saying “they not be given blanket amnesty” in reference to DACA recipients.
From the“Issues” page.
DACA
“Issue: There are currently about 1.8 million on, or eligible for, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the U.S. Those identified as DACA/DACA eligible were minors when they were brought to the U.S. by their parents. While some of the parents came across the border illegally, some of the parents came legally on visas, but remained after their visas expired. This is a unique problem that current law does not clearly address.
Solution: We must change the law to clearly address the DACA situation, otherwise the courts will ultimately make the decision. We need to consider a system to allow the DACA individuals to apply for renewable contingent nonimmigrant legal (CNS) status, which would allow them to stay in the country, but would not automatically grant them U.S. citizenship.
DACA Fines/Fees
Issue: Although DACA recipients are technically considered to be legally in the country – due to the vagueness of our laws, they should not be given blanket amnesty
Solution: Any program that addresses DACA must require all applicants to pay a fine/fee to apply. And, these fees should go to funding enhanced border security.”
“Issue: There are currently about 1.8 million on, or eligible for, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the U.S. Those identified as DACA/DACA eligible were minors when they were brought to the U.S. by their parents. While some of the parents came across the border illegally, some of the parents came legally on visas, but remained after their visas expired. This is a unique problem that current law does not clearly address.
Solution: We must change the law to clearly address the DACA situation, otherwise the courts will ultimately make the decision. We need to consider a system to allow the DACA individuals to apply for renewable contingent nonimmigrant legal (CNS) status, which would allow them to stay in the country, but would not automatically grant them U.S. citizenship.
DACA Fines/Fees
Issue: Although DACA recipients are technically considered to be legally in the country – due to the vagueness of our laws, they should not be given blanket amnesty
Solution: Any program that addresses DACA must require all applicants to pay a fine/fee to apply. And, these fees should go to funding enhanced border security.”
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QUESTIONS:
Q: Is the congressman aware that 8 USC 1227 provides for removal of aliens who remain in the U.S. longer than authorized and who are inadmissable? Can you please explain the position that the laws on visa overstays/unlawful presence are “vague?”
Q: Will you please cite or explain the “contingent nonimmigrant legal status” (CNS)” – which would allow them to stay in the country, but would not automatically grant them U.S. citizenship.” Is this a federal immigration status of which I am not aware? Is this a legalization/amnesty proposal from the congressman that he has dubbed “CNS?”
Q: USCIS has long explained that DACA does not provide legal status or lawful presence. The 11th District appellate court has also ruled with the same findings; and that DACA recipients are “inadmissible and thus removable under federal law.”
Can you please explain the statement that “DACA recipients are technically considered to be legally in the country?”
Q: Does the congressman’s reported remarks to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce audience in Atlanta confirm his support for legalization and a path to U.S. citizenship for the current DACA recipients? If so, does he foresee the same support for the future legalization and path to U.S. citizenship of the tens of thousands of illegal alien children whose parents have overstayed temporary visas and who have been illegally brought over our borders in the years since 2012, today and next week?
Thank you in advance, please feel free to contact me with any questions or clarification.
D.A. King
Marietta
