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Georgia Congressman Barry Loudermilk – (R) says he and many of his colleagues support amnesty and U.S. citizenship for some illegal aliens – does not reply to questions @RepLoudermilk

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Maybe voters who live in the Georgia 11th District can get some answers from Congressman Barry Loudermilk. We get silence. Contact info here.

Georgia Congressman Barry Loudermilk. Image: GovTrack.us

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.” 
Screen shot of a post on Twitter feed of FWDus State Director for Georgia, Sam Aguilar
 
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.
 
 
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.”
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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

“Illegal Alien”

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“Illegal Alien” is a legal and accurate term for aliens (non-citizens) present in the United States in violation of our very liberal immigration laws. Note: According to the anti-enforcement Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than green card holders.

It is a term used by the Supreme Court of the United States, the IRS, Presidential Executive Orders, federal appellate courts, federal and state law enforcement, federal law, and Georgia law.

Example:

 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996

SEC. 204. INCREASED NUMBER OF ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.
 (a) IN GENERAL.-The number of Assistant United States Attorneys employed by the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1997 shall be increased by at least 25 above the number of Assistant United States Attorneys that were authorized to be employed as of September 30, 1996.
(b) ASSIGNMENT.-Individuals employed to fill the additional positions described in subsection (a) shall prosecute persons who bring into the United States or harbor illegal aliens or violate other criminal statutes involving illegal aliens.

We have collected a long page full of other examples which can seen here.

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There’s ‘DACA’ and then there is more DACA? – Congressional candidates should be asked about amnesty

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Illegal alien DACA recipient protesting for legalization. 2019 Photo: Texas Tribune

President Trump recently set off a firestorm of criticism from conservatives recently when he indicated his administration may push for some sort of amnesty for some illegal aliens and mentioned the DACA program. Questions should be asked about the deferred action on deportation for childhood arrivals, known as DACA and candidates position on legalization for illegal aliens.

We assume everyone concerned understands that the U.S. instituted an amnesty program in 1986 that was presented as a “one time” action that would legalize about a million and a half illegals and would be the end all solution to illegal immigration. The 1986 amnesty actually legalized almost three million illegal aliens. Most experts on both sides of the debate say it caused an increase in illegal immigration. We are told that there are at least 11 million illegal aliens in the USA today.

At about 375,000 to 400,000, DHS says Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than Arizona and the anti-enforcement Georgia Budget and Policy Institute shows that we have more illegals than Lawful Permanent Residents (green card holders). Estimates from the Federation for Immigration Reform are that illegal immigration costs Georgians about $2.5 billion each year.

When the topic of former president Obama’s DACA executive amnesty comes up, most media coverage leaves out important facts that should be part of the conversation.

DACA recipients are “inadmissible and thus removable” under federal law. 

Illegal aliens who have been awarded deferred action on deportation proceedings through the DACA amnesty by both the Obama and Trump administrations are illegal aliens and do not have “lawful presence” says the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision was handed down March 6, 2019. Here.

An honest discussion of an amnesty for “DACA” should recognize three groups of illegal aliens.

United We Dream poster in support of illegal alien “dreamers.” Twitter.
  • Group one: The number of illegal aliens that now have DACA status according to federal figures (March, 2020) presented by the Migration Policy Institute (see interactive map for state numbers) in Washington: 643,560. It should be noted that originally, almost 800,000 illegal aliens received the DACA benefit but some have lost that status due to criminal offense and some have used DACA to become U.S. citizens.
  • Group two: The number of illegal aliens that would be eligible for DACA (using the Obama guidelines set forth in 2012) if President Trump had not ended acceptance of new applications in September, 2017: 1,326,000
  • Group three – Call it the “next DACA generation.” The number of children who illegally crossed the border in recent years and who will soon be part of the demand for expanding DACA or creating a system of legalization for children who came over our borders as minors with or without parents. This number is estimated at at least one million by the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington.

Note that this figure is not static and will increase. Any conversation should include the topic of recurring legalization “for the children.”

*UPDATE, July 18, 2020:Federal court restores DACA after Supreme Court ruling

We must recognize that all sides agree that at least half of the illegal aliens in the nation today did not cross the border illegally but came on temporary visas and then refused to leave. For example, imaging a family that comes with a temporary worker or visitor on a tourist visa and instead of departing as agreed, simply buys a home and enrolls the now illegal aliens children in American schools and waits for another amnesty.

Visa overstays in 2019 are put at 497,272 by DHS. See page V here.

We note that there is little if any reference to the illegal alien parents who used their children to anchor themselves in the U.S. and are still living, working and driving in Georgia and the U.S. illegally while using stolen or fraudulent ID and Social Security numbers.

Finally, it must be noted that amnesty by any name does not result in increased Hispanic votes for Republicans. After the “one time” Reagan amnesty of 1986, Hispanics rewarded Republican George H.W. Bush with 30% of their vote – tough-talking Trump got 29% in 2016. We think amnesty is mostly for the benefit of the special interests in the business lobby.

Candidates for congress should be asked their plans and positions on solutions and if they will vote to legalize any illegal aliens and if so, what part of the above groups of “victims of borders.”