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Illegal immigration: What is “parole?”

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What is parole?

USCIS uses its discretion to authorize parole. Parole allows an individual, who may be inadmissible or otherwise ineligible for admission into the United States, to be paroled into the United States for a temporary period. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) allows the secretary of homeland security to use their discretion to parole any noncitizen applying for admission into the United States temporarily for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. (See INA section 212(d)(5).)

An individual who is paroled into the United States has not been formally admitted into the United States for purposes of immigration law.

Parole is not intended to be used solely to avoid normal visa processing procedures and timelines, to bypass inadmissibility waiver processing, or to replace established refugee processing channels.

Length of Parole

If authorized, we will specify the duration of parole for a temporary period of time to accomplish the purpose of the parole. For example, if parole is requested to attend a civil court proceeding between private parties, we may authorize parole for the period of time necessary to attend the proceedings. We typically grant parole for no more than 1 year, although we may grant parole for a longer duration depending on the reason for the parole.

Parole ends on the date the parole period expires or when a parolee departs the United States or acquires an immigration status, whichever occurs first. In some cases, we may place conditions on parole, such as reporting requirements. We may revoke parole at any time and without notice if we determine that parole is no longer warranted or a parolee fails to comply with any conditions of parole.

Work Permits

We may, at our discretion, grant a parolee temporary employment authorization, if it is not inconsistent with the purpose and duration of their parole. You may request employment authorization after being paroled into the United States by filing Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.

The above pasted in from the USCIS site here. See “terminology.”

Who is a “Qualified Alien?”

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Qualified Alien: As defined under PRWORA (8 U.S.C. 1641)

An alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act;

An alien who is granted asylum under section 208 of such Act;

A refugee who is admitted to the United States under section 207 of such Act;

An alien who is paroled into the United States under section 212(d)(5) of such Act for a period of at least 1 year;

An alien whose deportation is being withheld under section 243(h) of such Act;

An alien who is granted conditional entry pursuant to section 203(a)(7) of such Act as in effect prior to April 1, 1980;

An alien who is a Cuban/Haitian Entrant as defined by section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;

An alien who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty under section 431 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 8 U.S.C. 1641 contains more on aliens battered or subjected to extreme cruelty.

 

Sen. Greg Dolezal omits requirement that students in SB 233 be U.S. citizens or green card holders in bill presentation – Video & transcript

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House Education committee 8:00 AM meeting, March 21, 2023 Left: Rep Todd Jones, (R) Sen. Greg Dolezal in 8:00 AM House Education committee hearing.

Why do you think Sen Dolezal didn’t tell the committee and the world about the illegal immigration component of his bill?

Eligible students must be U.S. citizens or green card holders. Why doesn’t the bill have the same requirement for the “parents?” We’ll tell you in another post.

  • Related: A line-by-line look at the role of parents in the proposed new state “Promise Scholarship” grant 

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Sen. Greg Dolezal (R- Cumming) Lead sponsor, SB 233 “school choice” – presenting the bill as passed by the senate to the House Education committee. Partial transcript. This begins after start of presentation and stops well before the end.

“Um, I thought I would start, Mr. Chairman, the same way I started in the subcommittee yesterday, which is simply to talk about this bill from a high level, what this bill does, who it does it for, how it will function, and what it is that we’re doing.

Senate Bill 233 is the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act, and from… At a high level, it takes the state funding for students who are currently enrolled in public school, it allows their parents to redirect those funds to an educational outcome, and a pathway of their choice.

That can be homeschool, virtual school, private school, co-ops, and as the education industry continues to innovate, hopefully we’ll continue to see further opportunities for parents to pursue excellent education outcomes for their children as we move into the future.

So, in the colloquial terms, as we’ve heard these… This term bantered about, it’s a money follows the child program. Mr. Chairman, I think it’s important to just talk through a high level of how schools are funded in the state of Georgia.

You have three buckets of funding, federal funding, state funding, and then the local funding, the local funding comes from the tax digest. The state funding is appropriated on a per capita basis, as you know, and it is designed to cover the marginal costs of adding a student to a system, so therefor the state funding for every school system in the state of Georgia fluctuates as the head count fluctuates, which is almost guaranteed to be some fluctuation year over year as you have [inaudible 00:01:36] student that move through the system.

The local funding, which comes from the local tax digest is designed to cover the fixed cost. That’s your building costs, and other hard costs that tend to be more static in nature, and don’t fluctuate as much via head count.

That funding is obviously based on the tax digest, and not at all tied to head count. What the bill, as it passed the Senate will do, it was… It will allow students to take $6,000, which is slightly less than the average that the state spends per student, uh, in the K through 12 public education system, and allow them to pursue one of those opportunities.

–>Who is eligible for the program? Like I mentioned, the students who are currently enrolled in public school, or those entering public school for the first time, and then the students who were attending a school that would be deemed to be in the bottom 25%, so the bottom quartile of schools in the state of Georgia *(actually, lines 71 & 72 create the requirement that the student be a U.S. citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident (green card holder) – also found on lines 82 & 83 in the latest version of the bill).

  • Update, March 22, 2023 6:20 AM: The Republican-majority House Education committee passed the latest version of SB 233 out on an unaccountable voice vote yesterday.

How is the funding spent? If you’re familiar with FSA programs, or other things that are administered by a third party, this would be very similar. These, uh… The state finance commissioner would stand up a third party administrator, and the, the funds would flow through that, that third party…”

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SB 195 dismantles state law on illegal aliens accessing occupational licenses: It passed senate with zero “no” votes

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SB 195 is yet another Republican bill under the Gold Dome apparently aimed at dismantling law we worked to put in place making life more difficult for illegal aliens. It passed the senate on March 6 without any member voting against it (vote record on the bottom).

The Georgia Chamber of Commerce goal is to allow a spouse of a member of the U.S. military and their spouses to see a fast track to obtaining a professional or occupational license. According to the bill, generally, if a spouse of a member of the military moves to Georgia and already “holds a current and valid license to practice a profession, business, or trade issued by another state for an occupation with a similar scope of practice in this state” the Georgia licensing process will be “expedited.”

Professional and occupational licenses are “public benefits” under state law.

Bills we worked to see passed in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 deal with a verification system in which applicants for occupational and professional licenses must swear on an affidavit they are eligible for the public benefit because of U.S. citizenship of are have “lawful presence.” That system is set up in OCGA 50-36-1. That existing verification system should not be waived for anyone, including a spouse of a member of the military who could be in the U.S. illegally.

Sen. Larry Walker (R- Perry) lead sponsor of SB 195. Other sponsors here.

The bill is easily fixed with the addition of this sentence: “Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to permit the issuance of a license without verification under Code Section 50-36-1.”

Please contact your own state Rep and point this out? We doubt this is the only such bill.

Also please contact the chairman of the House Regulated Industries committee, Rep Alan Powell at his Gold Dome office 404-463-3793 – alan.powell@house.ga.gov . just leave a polite message on voice mail or with the staffer who answers the phone: We are watching SB 195 and want to be sure you add ‘belt and suspenders’ language to keep illegal aliens out of our occupational and professional licensing process.”

 

Correction, apology and clarification: Partially inaccurate analysis of SB 233 – “school choice”

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Re; SB 233 as passed the senate (SB233/CFSA)

Correction: The conclusion I came to and posted here regarding eligibility of students for the proposed new state grant known as the “Promise Scholarship” in SB 233 was inaccurate. I wrote that aliens illegally paroled for admission into the United States by the Biden administration would be eligible for the proposed new benefit. That conclusion is wrong. In fact, eligibility for the benefit requires that a student be a United States citizen or a “permanent resident alien” (green card holder) who meets the definition of an eligible noncitizen under federal Title IV requirements.”

That restriction does not include recipients of Biden’s illegal parole as I wrote. I deeply regret the obvious error.

As Georgia’s only full time pro-enforcement voice on immigration, we strive for accuracy and have promised swift correction on any inaccurate information. I have proven that no matter how many times one checks his work, if the same glaring error is repeated in the analysis process the conclusion will be flawed.

One of the first things I was taught as a seventeen-year-old recruit was that “Marines do not make excuses.” That said, I wish I had paid much closer attention in grade school class on Roman numerals.

Including state Rep Will Wade, and Senator Colton Moore’s Chief of Staff Michael Gargiulo, many thanks to the various people who politely convinced me to check my work yet again. I am profoundly sorry for my mistake and grateful for the confidence so many people show for our credibility.

Clarification: As the state-funded private school tuition scholarship proposed in SB 233 would benefit entire families, we have been consistent in our opinion that students and “parents” (applicants) be U.S. citizens or green card holders (“LPRs” – Lawful Permanent Residents).

I have repeatedly pointed out that we see no provision that “parents” are required to have that status  – or have any lawful immigration status. Due to the involvement of “parents” in the application process, oversight authority and apparent ability to access payments for “certain qualified education expenses,” we believe the absence of that language is crucial in any judgment of the pro-enforcement fairness and viability of the measure. Please see more on parents here.

We are of the opinion that any new “Promise Scholarship” would be a state grant public benefit under OCGA 50-36-1 and that applicants (“parents”) would be required to complete the verification of “lawful presence” in that code section. Assuming this is the case, it would not alone limit the participation of “parents” to U.S. citizens or LPRs. It would allow “parents” with non-immigrant visas and Biden’s illegal parole to apply and participate. We respectfully recommend that legislators educate themselves on this matter.

In the interest of “a belt and suspenders” clarity, the bill should contain language on this point. We also note that similar previous legislation did not require students to be U.S. citizens or LPRs, only cited 50-36-1 as an eligibility and verification reference and was murky in it’s language and wrong in its presentation.

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A line-by-line look at the role of “parents” in the proposed new state “Promise Scholarship” grant  SB 233

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There is no requirement in the bill that “parents” who apply for benefits be U.S. citizens or have legal immigration status. Existing law requires verification of “lawful presence” for applicants but that law (OCGA 50-36-1) sees spotty compliance and enforcement. Wording should be added to the bill that inserts language referring to that law. 

 

PARENTS    SB 233 AS PASSED SENATE

 Creation of a new state grant to be known as a “Promise scholarship” for which parents  must apply for student’s access to state funds.

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There is no requirement that “parents” be U.S. citizens or have legal immigration status.

Lines 32 & 33: “Parents” can also be a legal guardian, custodian, or other person with legal authority to act on behalf of a student.”

Lines 66 & 67: A student shall qualify for a promise scholarship account under this chapter if:  The student’s parent or parents currently reside within Georgia;

Lines 78-81: It is the “parent” who begins the process of accessing the new “Promise scholarship” state grant for the student (and thereby the family) by submitting an application to the state – “The student’s parent submits an application for an account to the commission no later than the deadline established by the commission.”

Lines 101-104: “Parents” are the recipient of the state funds for the “Promise scholarship” and student account funds are a result of the choice of the parent.

“Any account funds directed to a participating school or service provider are so directed on behalf of the participating student’s parent, the recognized recipient of such participating student’s account funds, and wholly as a result of the genuine and independent private choice of the parent.”

The “parent” signs an “agreement” promising to do and not do certain things in relation to the student’s education.Lines 105-108:  The parent of each student participating in the program shall comply fully with the participating school or service provider’s rules and policies. Any parent who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter and commission regulations relating to the program shall forfeit the account and all account funds therein.  (If there is monitoring and then enforcement).

 Lines 156 -159: “The commission shall develop a system for parents to direct account funds to participating schools and service providers by electronic funds transfer, automated clearing-house transfer, or another system that the commission finds to be commercially viable, cost-effective, and easy for parents of participating students to use.

The new state grant would set up a system of reimbursements for out-of-pocket expenditures for…parents.

Lines 160 – 163: (The) commission shall not adopt a system that relies solely on reimbursing parents for out-of-pocket expenses, but may determine certain qualified education expenses that must require reimbursement or preapproval for purchase (italics mine). The commission is authorized to qualify private financial management firms to manage the payment system.

“Parents” will be appointed by the state to serve on an oversight committee that makes decisions on eligible/qualified expenses.

Lines 186 – 192 “To assist in the determination of whether certain expenses meet the requirements to be considered a qualified education expense under this chapter, a parent review committee shall be established. The committee shall be composed of eight parents of eligible students. Four of the parents shall reside in local school systems with student enrollment greater than 10,000, and four of the parents shall reside in local school systems with student enrollment less than 10,000.”

There is no requirement that “parents” be U.S. citizens or have legal immigration status.

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We have a solution: Only U.S. citizens and green card holders should be allowed to apply for or benefit from “Promise scholarship” benefits. 

Republican Senate ‘school choice’ bill: ‘A Mackerel in the Sun’ #SB233

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Only U.S. citizens and green card holders should benefit from or participate in any new state grant for K-12 private school tuition

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School choice is an idea worthy of serious consideration. Including illegal aliens in any part of a new state grant isn’t.

The GOP-controlled state senate recently passed SB 233, a deeply flawed bill titled “The Georgia Promise Scholarship Act” – otherwise known as “school choice” and “educational freedom.” See also “putting parents in charge.”

Watching the rush to passage and the obfuscation of the senate Republicans to push the odiferous measure through reminded this writer of the scenario surrounding immigration legislation in Washington D.C. a decade ago.

During the successful struggle in 2013 to stop that year’s attempt at amnesty for illegal aliens, then Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions described the “immigration reform” legislation as “a mackerel in the sun.” He pointed out that the bill was meant to be passed into law before too many people had read it and before too many facts were provided to the American public.

Sessions advised inspection and comprehension of the contents of the most horrible measure. He knew that the light of day would expose the truth about the “Gang of Eight” amnesty.

“The longer it lays in the sun, the more it smells, as they say about the mackerel” is how Sessions described his reason for the roadblocks he put in front of passage to the New York Times. The amnesty bill failed in the U.S. House because of too much information. Former U.S. Attorney General Sessions is a personal hero here.

The “school choice” bill that the senate passed was dropped into the senate hopper on February 22 and passed just five legislative days later on the senate floor. That unfamiliar odor you may be smelling could well be coming from Atlanta and the stench of this Republican-concocted “school choice” legislation after only a week of being out in the open.

  • Related: We warned and informed GOP senators on the immigration-related problems in the bill well before they voted

The contents of SB 233 create a new state grant for families of K-12 students to use to pay for private school education and other expenses as an alternative to public school education.

The bill contains language that allows students attending private school at taxpayer expense to be formerly “inadmissible aliens” who have been illegally granted mass “parole” by the Biden administration. That scam was found to be unlawful last week by a federal court in Florida.

Parole, even when it is done legally, does not confer lawful border entry status. Legal immigrants do not need parole.

Related: A retired INS agent on SB 233 in the Brunswick News

Amazing, but true: the “school choice” bill (SB233) does not exclude illegal alien parents from the administration process. Processing of state benefits to eligible families begins only when “parents” file an application to begin the $6000 annual proposed new grant payments for K-12 students to attend private school.

GA state Senator Greg Dolezal, lead sponsor of SB 233 – “school choice” 2023 edition.

“Parents” includes a “legal guardian, custodian, or other person with legal authority to act on behalf of the student.” The bill authorizes “parents” to be part of an oversight committee that has authority to decide on eligible expenses in the use of state funds. “Parents” can be paid for unforeseen out-of-pocket expenses.

Again: There is nothing in the bill that says “parents” must be in the U.S. lawfully.

Lead sponsor on SB 233 is Sen. Greg Dolezal (R-Cumming). Dolezal did not mention anything regarding illegal immigration when he presented the bill. Floor debate did not include any discussion of the state’s illegal immigration crisis.

The bill was intentionally rushed through the committee process while this writer was refused an opportunity to speak during the much-abbreviated public comment period. Because I was the first person to sign up to speak on the bill, the committee chairman of the senate Education and Youth committee, Republican Sen. Clint Dixon (Buford), began selection of speakers from the bottom of the list. He ended the comment period when he worked back up the list to my name. That cheap and cowardly abuse of power is on official archived video record.

As if to prove they have forgotten that real conservatives don’t do anything that rewards or encourages illegal immigration into Georgia, every Republican senator voted in favor of final passage.

With the troubling bill now in the House, conservative Representatives should withhold action until next year so there is time to understand it and make an educated decision on their own vote. Idea: Only U.S. citizens and green card holders should be eligible for the proposed “Promise Scholarship.”

Pro-borders voters should step in and do for the Georgia senate’s “school choice” bill what Jeff Sessions did to the failed 2013 amnesty try. Contact your state Rep and tell them to ask the Speaker to wait until next year to consider “school choice.’

Let this anti-enforcement mackerel sit in the sun over the summer.

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A version of this essay is publish in the March 12 edition of  The Islander newspaper in Glynn County. GA. and on the subscription website Insider Advantage Georgia on March 15, 2023.

Free car wash for Scott Ryfun listeners who help us stop bad GOP bills under the Gold Dome – ACTION INFO

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Welcome Straight Talk with Scott Ryfun listeners!

Please see the “ACTION NEEDED” instructions in red below.

Below: Two bad GOP illegal immigration-related bills and a bonus (GOP) bill that creates a new tax  in Georgia.

A reminder: Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than Arizona and more illegals than green card holders. Conservative logic is that we should not do anything to make our state more attractive to illegal immigration.

Nearing the end of the 2023 legislative session this is likely the week GOP leadership will make decisions on what bills they want to see passed – and which ones they know voters don’t want. Please make your voices heard in Atlanta? Please see the “ACTION NEEDED” instructions in red below.

Talking back really does make a difference! I’ll wash your car. D.A. King (Thanks, Scott).

  • SB 233 (Sen. Greg Dolezal, R -Cumming)  this bill creates a new state grant called a “Promise Scholarship” that pays $6000.00 per year for private school tuition for K-12 students after a parent, custodian or guardian files an application with the state. The students can be foreigners who were inadmissible into the U.S. but are here in Georgia because they were illegally granted entry at the border through Biden’s mass “parole” scam. It was found to be illegal by a federal judge in Florida last week. There is nothing in the bill that requires the “parents” to have any type of legal immigration status. If this bill becomes law illegal alien parents could begin the application process for the family to access the $6000 annual state grant, serve on an oversight committee that decides on eligible grant expenses and collect reimbursement for any unforeseen out-of-pocket expenses from the state of Georgia. See here for more information on “parents.”

The senate is calling this bill “school choice.” We call it needlessly rewarding and encouraging illegal immigration into our state. It is easy to have “school choice” without including illegal aliens.

To avoid future Democrat border scams and insure security and common sense use of state taxpayer dollars, these “Promise Scholarships” should only go to U.S. citizens and green card holders  – and illegal alien parents should not have the ability to apply to the state for the scholarship or participate in any part of the administration of the proposed new state grant.

Note: SB 233 was rushed through before most people – including many senators – could learn about its contents. It passed in the senate with every Republican voting “YES.” It is now in the House committee system (House Education committee). 

–>ACTION NEEDED TODAY AND EVERYDAY THIS WEEK: Please call the office of the speaker of the House (404-656-5020) and leave a short, polite message with the nice young staffer: “Please tell the Speaker I heard about SB 233 from D.A. King on Scott Ryfun’s ‘Straight Talk’ radio show and urge him to hold the rushed-up bill until next year so that all legislators can be educated on the illegal immigration aspect and have time to change the bill language so that only U.S. citizens and green card holder have anything to do with the new proposed scholarship benefits. Please slow down on “school choice.”

Then call your own state Rep’s office with the same message. Contact info for all state Reps here.

You can also email the Speaker’s office: jon.burns@house.ga.gov with the same message.  If you call and email, I will wash your car.

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  • SB 112 (Sen Jason Anavitarte, R – Dallas) “Workforce EXCELeration” creates a new “Adult Education” taxpayer-funded benefit being called the “High School Diplomas for Adult Learners” pilot program that would send applicants aged twenty-one and over to the Technical College System of Georgia for classes that result in a high school diploma. As are most bills ordered up by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, it is aimed at increasing the number of workers in the state. The bill does not exclude illegal aliens. It is a violation of federal law to knowingly hire illegal aliens. It is a violation of longstanding state law to allow illegal aliens access to Adult Education.  

Note: This bill has passed the GOP-controlled Senate. Only one GOP senator voted “NO” The bill is scheduled to be heard in the House Higher Education Committee Wednesday after lunch.

–>ACTION NEEDED TODAY: Please call the office of the Speaker of Houseagain (404-656-5020) and leave a message with the staffer: “Please tell the Speaker I called to say SB 112 as passed the senate is a ridiculous effort that includes illegal aliens and would help Joe Biden settle more illegals in Georgia. The proposed new Adult Education benefit should only go to U.S. citizens and green card holders. Please remind him that it is illegal to hire illegal aliens. Change the bill or kill it.”

You can also email the Speaker’s office: jon.burns@house.ga.gov with the same message.  If you call and email, I will wash your car.

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  • BONUS ALERT – Do you want a new state tax?

HB 170 (Rep Kasey Carpenter, R – Dalton) : This Republican bill actually creates a new state tax. This time on downloaded digital products. You can see a 20 second explanation of the bill from the sponsor here. It quietly passed the House with only four Republicans voting “NO.” It is now in the state senate committee system (Finance committee). A shameless tool of special interests, Rep Carpenter is the sponsor of the instate tuition plus 10% for illegal aliens with Obama’s illegal DACA status bill (HB 131) that we stopped for the year in the House. It would have required Americans from other states to pay higher public college tuition than illegal aliens with DACA who live in Georgia.

–>ACTION NEEDED TODAY: Please call the office of the Lt. Governor (404-656-5030) and leave a short, polite, message with the young staffer who answers the phone: “Please tell the Lt. Governor that we are watching to see if he puts bill that creates a new state tax up for a vote. We are watching HB 170. We have memories like elephants and we know he allowed a bill to pass the senate that includes illegal alien parents in the “school choice” bill, SB 233.”

You can also email the Lt. Governor’s office with the same message here. If you call and email, I will wash your car.

 

 

Fast Fact: Illegal immigration now costs US taxpayers $151 billion a year

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New FAIR study estimates a 30% increase since 2017

Criminal justices costs alone: $47 billion annually

Illegal immigration is now costing U.S. taxpayers $151 billion a year, marking a 30% increase in five years, according to a new study by a hawkish immigration group being released this week.

The study, “The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers 2023” by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) concludes that American taxpayers pay overall around $182 billion annually for services and benefits to illegal immigrants. However, those costs are offset by around $31 billion in taxes collected from what they estimate are 15.5 million illegal immigrants in the U.S.

Those costs represent a 30% increase since 2017, when FAIR — which advocates for stricter border security and lower levels of immigration overall — put the annual net cost at $116 billion a year.

While illegal immigrants are not eligible for the majority of federal welfare programs, the study also takes into account services, such as education and food assistance programs, provided to the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants and also programs that they may be eligible for at the state level. Here.

 

Another immigration expert on SB 233, “school choice” & illegal aliens – Robert Trent in the Brunswick News #GregDolezal

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Note: Letter writer Bob Trent is a retired Senior Special Agent of the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (USINS). He served on metropolitan area drug, and organized crime task forces for many years and supervised special agents assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force. In addition, he spent ten years as a uniformed border patrol agent assigned to both the northern and southern borders. Bob’s final assignment was as the Assistant Director, Enforcement Training, U.S. Immigration Officer Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA. Bob is an old friend here. And, as we repeatedly predicted, a federal judge has launched a blistering attack on the Biden administration’s outrageous border parole scam while finding it unlawful.
 * What is the role of “parents” in SB 223? See here.
* See the list of bill sponsors below the letter published today.
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Brunswick News

Letters to the editor

Saturday, March 11, 2023

“Pro-borders, conservative voters should watch state Sen. Mike Hodges regarding illegal immigration. Georgia is already home to more illegals than Arizona.

Hodges doesn’t seem to understand that rewarding illegals with new state benefits isn’t an effective method of deterring the illegal migration into our state. “Exhibit A” for that case is Hodges’ March 6 vote under the Gold Dome for passage of SB 233, billed as “school choice” legislation that will provide a new annual state grant of $6,000 per year to Georgia families for private school tuition.

Amazing but true: the bill does not exclude illegal alien parents from the administration process that begins only when parents file an application with the state for the payments.

“Parents” include a “legal guardian, custodian, or other person with legal authority to act on behalf of the student.” The bill also authorizes “parents” to be part of an oversight committee that has authority to decide on eligible expenses in the use of state funds.

Repeat: There is no requirement that the “parents” be in the U.S. lawfully.

The bill also includes language saying the students attending private school at taxpayer expense can be formerly “inadmissible aliens” who were illegally granted “parole” by the Biden administration.

Parole does not confer lawful immigration status. Twenty states are suing the Biden administration to overturn this violation of our immigration laws.

Hodges went along with the herd. All senate Republicans voted to pass the bill. We should watch the GOP House members.”

Robert Trent

St. Marys (here)

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SB 233 sponsors

No.Number in list Name District
1. Dolezal, Greg 27th
2. Brass, Matt 28th
3. Still, Shawn 48th
4. Moore, Colton 53rd
5. Setzler, Ed 37th
6. Gooch, Steve 51st
7. Kennedy, John 18th
8. Watson, Ben 1st