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GALEO’s Dax Lopez passed over again despite support from Establishment Republican “influencer” Heath Garrett

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DeKalb State Court Judge Dax Lopez. Image: Daily Signal

A partial list of reminders of when Dax Lopez did not resign from GALEO  *Updated with short audio

 

 

Conservative, pro-enforcement voters in Georgia should have an interest in understanding that Governor Kemp rejected DeKalb state court judge Dax Lopez for an appointment to higher court last week – May 31st – and who supported the appointment.

Lopez was on a short list with two other judges for a gubernatorial appointment for a promotion to a Stone Mountain Circuit Superior Court seat. On Friday, Kemp announced that Shondeana Morris, a former deputy district attorney in Fulton County and former assistant solicitor for the City of Atlanta was chosen for the position. Morris has been a State Court judge since 2017. Lopez was appointed to state court on 2010 by Republican Governor Sonny Perdue.

This was not the first time Dax Lopez has run into trouble. After intense public pressure, in 2016 Lopez was rejected by Georgia Senator David Perdue after then President Barack Obama nominated him for a lifetime seat on the federal bench in Georgia. Lopez also withdrew his name from consideration for Georgia Supreme Court when letters of objection poured into then Governor Deals’ office asking that Lopez be dropped from consideration.

Republican strategist and former Chief of Staff to Senator Johnny Isakson, Heath Garrett, reminded us that he and Senator Isakson backed Lopez for federal judge and expressed support for appointing Lopez to Superior Court on the May 13 edition of the liberal GPB radio show ‘Political Rewind. ’ Garrett explained that Dax Lopez was not only a friend but someone who Garrett has worked with. An excerpt from the radio dialogue on Lopez and the possibility of his advancement:

Heath Garrett. Image: Twitter

Heath Garrett: “And, look, full disclosure, Dax is a good friend. He’s worked with me on a number of campaigns. Uh, Senator Isakson and our organization has promoted him for that federal judgeship and backed him, uh, to the, uh, ’til the moment that he withdrew. Uh, we support him in this, as well. This is exactly the type of individual that Republicans ought to be supporting into these types of positions. And then to have others within the party come and attack him, I think is bad policy.”

 

Update: Audio.

 Garrett was joined in support of Lopez by the pro-amnesty corporation fund by open borders billionaires, FWD.us after GALEO leader Jerry Gonzalez sent out an action alert for supporters to contact Governor Kemp and directing them to the FWD.us page to sign on to a letter to Kemp.

Garrett is described as an “influencer” by Ballotpedia. *A favorite Heath Garrett story here.

 Why has Dax Lopez had so much trouble with advancement?

For eleven years Dax Lopez served as board member, treasurer, tactician and fundraiser for the corporate-funded, anti-enforcement immigration activist group the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO). He resigned from GALEO only after the Obama nomination for federal bench and the massive objections from the public, elected officials and law enforcement officers poured into the senate offices.

We think it is important to understand that Dax Lopez did not resign from GALEO when Executive Director, Jerry Gonzalez, was race-baiting and smearing legislators for passing legislation aimed at protecting Georgians from illegal immigration. And smearing rule of law activists for taking a pro-enforcement position on immigration  – and attacking law enforcement officials for daring to use the federal  287(g) tool to safeguard public safety by locating and reporting to ICE criminal illegal aliens who were arrested for additional crimes and landed in the county jails.

According to the left-leaning Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than green card holders.

Image: GBPI.org

 

 

Dax Lopez has made it clear that he supports the GALEO agenda.

An abbreviated list of the GALEO agenda items pursued with corporate funding during the time Dax Lopez served on the GALEO board include:

  • Leading and participating in protest marches against any immigration enforcement
  • Lobbying city and county officials against honoring ICE detainer requests in local jails
  • Transporting and escorting admitted illegal aliens into the senate chambers in the state Capitol
  • Lobbying against voter ID
  • Lobbying against increased penalties for driving without ever having been licensed
  • Lobbying state legislators against use of federal tools to insure public benefits only go to eligible applicants
  • Lobbying against implementation of the no-cost E-Verify system to protect jobs for legal residents
  • Lobbying against legislation to make English the constitutional official language of government in Georgia
  • Lobbying against state penalties for ID fraud for the purpose of illegally obtaining employment on the pretense that all of this would somehow be “anti-immigrant” and/or “anti-Hispanic.”

Not only did Dax Lopez not resign from the board of GALEO when all this was happening, but as a sitting state court Judge Dax Lopez assisted with GALEO fundraising by serving as keynote speaker at a 2011 GALEO breakfast fundraiser.

Also according to the Charlotte Observer Lopez was personally and directly active against state immigration enforcement-related legislation in a very direct manner (2008). Lopez wrote then-Gov. Sonny Perdue, requesting a gubernatorial veto of two pieces of legislation, House Bill 978 and Senate Bill 350. Both measures were judged by GALEO to adversely affect Georgia’s growing illegal alien community.

“Gov. Perdue did veto HB 978, which authorized the impounding of vehicles from operators who had no valid driver’s licenses. But he signed Senate Bill 350 into law, making a fourth conviction for driving without a license a felony.

The measure also requires police to determine the nationality of anyone jailed after being convicted for driving without a license. The Latino officials association opposed the measure, saying it would create tension between immigrants and law enforcement while making crime victims and witnesses less likely to contact police” the newspaper reported.

We think Governor Kemp did the right thing to listen to pro-enforcement Georgians and to ignore the voices of Establishment Republicans like Heath Garrett when he passed over GALEO’s Dax Lopez.

Full disclosure: The Dustin Inman Society, of which this writer is president, proudly organized opposition to state court judge Dax Lopez for federal court, for state supreme court and the most recent attempt to advance to superior court.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the war on immigration enforcement: Inger Eberhart of the Dustin Inman Society at Insider Advantage Georgia

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The below guest column was posted on the subscription website, Insider Advantage Georgia today

On the war on immigration enforcement in Georgia

Image – Inger Eberhart

by | May 22, 2019 | The Forum

 

Editor’s note: The Gwinnett county 287 g program was extended to 2020 late Tuesday afternoon. 

“It’s my responsibility to assist the federal government in identifying illegal aliens committing crimes in Gwinnett County,” Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway on the 287(g) agreement with ICE

With the corporate-donor dollars on the anti-enforcement side, the war on immigration enforcement is raging in Georgia. It is not at all clear who will prevail.

 

In question this month is the federal program that allows two local jails to locate and hold illegal aliens captured for additional crimes here in Georgia.

Sheriff Butch Conway’s Office has had an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement since 2009 in which specially trained deputies can act as immigration agents under the supervision of ICE officials. Such agreements are allowed under Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

All known aliens are screened using the database provided by ICE to determine immigration status and the illegal aliens are then reported to ICE.

In 2007, Cobb Sheriff Neil Warren was the first in the state to have his jail become 287(g) approved. Both sheriffs report significant success in not only turning over criminal aliens to ICE for deportation, but in reducing the overall jail population. The 287(g) program acts as a deterrent to many illegals who are carefully considering where to take up residence.

Both sheriffs’ agreements with ICE on the 287(g) program are scheduled to expire next month unless the arrangements are extended or renewed. And both sheriffs report that they have captured murderers, kidnappers, rapists and child molesters who were found to be in the country illegally. In a different time, one would assume that nobody would have a problem with the federal authorities receiving help from local jails. Those times are long gone.

In today’s Georgia, identity politics groups oppose the added 287(g) enforcement with the ever-present but mindless talking point that it somehow makes the community less safe. The idea is that it is better to leave criminal aliens in the Georgia community than to risk “separating families.”

It is easy to describe the various opponents of enforcement as “the usual suspects”, but we think it educational to name some names – the Latin American Association for example. David Schafer serves as ‘Managing Director of Advocacy’ for the LAA. “We have to ask ourselves, ‘What’s good for our community,’ ” Schafer told the Gwinnett Daily Post in 2016, the last time Sheriff Conway’s 287(g) agreement was renewed. “Is it better to work with communities in terms of helping them build confidence to report crimes? And how much good does it do us to be taking parents out of families when we’ve got a situation where these families are already struggling to make a living when we’re effectively taking the wage earner out of the home?”

The list of anti-287(g) activists goes on to include the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) that has organized lobbying against immigration enforcement since 2003 – including for the eleven years that State Court Judge and current candidate for a governor’s appointment to the DeKalb Superior Court, Dax Lopez served as board member and fund raiser…read the rest here.

Illegal aliens are not ‘immigrants’ – a pro-enforcement response to illegal alien, FWDus lobbyist Jaime Rangel

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Image: A.F. Branco

I close with an experienced warning to anyone judged to be too successful in advocating for honoring real immigrants by enforcing our immigration laws: You will be labeled as “anti-immigrant” and a “hater” by the integrity-free, anti-enforcement lobby.

The below guest column was published in today’s Dalton Daily Citizen-News

(Editor’s note: This is a response to Jaime Rangel’s column in the May 5 edition of the Daily Citizen-News.)

By D.A. King

D.A. King Image: Univision

In today’s America, it is easier to understand the debate on the raging illegal immigration crisis if people consider that there are essentially two general attitudes on the issue: Pro-enforcement and anti-enforcement. And realize that illegal immigration is mostly caused by rampant illegal employment.

This weary writer has been fighting the pro-enforcement battle in the Georgia Capitol since 2003. With a hope of educating readers, I take note here of the anti-enforcement guest column in this space last Sunday from Dalton’s Jaime Rangel.

I also respectfully note that no matter who created the headline on Rangel’s column, (“Session is over, but the fight for Georgia immigrants is not”) it serves as an inaccurate, thoughtless smear and base insult to the millions of real immigrants — like my adopted sister — who joined the American family according to our very liberal immigration laws.

The battle over immigration enforcement in America is not about “immigrants,” it is a question of whether or not we are going to end illegal immigration and tell the world that illegal aliens are not going to be treated the same as legal residents. And that we are never going to repeat the “one-time” immigration amnesty of 1986.

For folks who have a difficult time discerning the difference between illegal aliens and immigrants, it helps to remember that because they are here lawfully, immigrants do not require amnesty. And that immigrants are already on a path to citizenship.

It should shock readers to know that according to the left-leaning Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Georgia is home to more illegal aliens than green card holders. And more than Arizona.

Jaime Rangel is, by law, an illegal alien. This is an accurate legal term used in state law, federal law, by the U.S. Supreme Court (including by Justice Sonia Sotomayor), the IRS, multiple presidential executive orders and law enforcement professionals.

While we may have a certain amount of sympathy for anyone who was brought over our borders illegally by his parents as a child, dressing up illegal status with the attempt to hide behind the term “dreamer” created by the corporate-funded and far-left illegal alien lobby does not change reality.

Rangel is a paid lobbyist who works under the Gold Dome against any legislation designed to make life more difficult for illegal aliens and illegal employers. Put another way, in 21st century, Republican-ruled Georgia we have illegal aliens lobbying for illegal aliens and against enforcement — or too much information on the cost of illegal immigration being shared with Georgia taxpayers.

Example? The illegal alien lobby worked furiously against House Bill 202 in the last legislative session. The bill that would have simply required the Department of Corrections to publish a public, quarterly report showing the immigration status and number of non-citizens in the Georgia prison system. It died for the year in the Republican House Rules Committee.

Rangel also proudly boasted here of his input on legislative issues for next year at a strategy session held by the anti-enforcement Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

First, he wants special treatment for illegal aliens who have a deferral on deportation through Obama’s DACA program so they would receive the much lower instate tuition at Georgia’s public universities. This, while real immigrant families living in Chattanooga would pay a higher tuition rate in our schools.

Second, Rangel wants readers to believe that legislation pending to simply end the current policy of issuing the DACA illegals aliens the exact same drivers licenses and official ID cards as are given to real immigrants and guest workers will somehow stop the illegals like Rangel from “from safely traveling to and from their jobs.” The legislation does no such thing. It only creates a new and unique cards separate from what is issued to legal residents.

I close with an experienced warning to anyone judged to be too successful in advocating for honoring real immigrants by enforcing our immigration laws: You will be labeled as “anti-immigrant” and a “hater” by the integrity-free, anti-enforcement lobby.

D.A. King is president of the Dustin Inman Society. He is not a member of any political party. He has assisted state legislators with legislation since 2005.

 

 

 

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Adios, IERB – Georgia Legislature Passes Law to Abolish the Immigration Enforcement Review Board

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Image: WOSU radio

Created in 2011 via HB87, and dubbed a “parody of a kangaroo court” by this writer, the controversial but obscure IERB has been abolished by the General Assembly.

Archived tracking of the IERB can be seen here on the Dustin Inman Society blog.

A more detailed story on the apparent demise of the IERB from the Decaturish.com news outlet can be seen here.

 

PSA, Weekend Reading: A Reminder About Libertarians; “Forget the Wall Already, It’s Time for the U.S. to Have Open Borders”

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Not for the last time, we re-post the below from the Libertarian Cato Institute as a continuing education, public service.

Author Jeffrey Miron is director of economic studies at the Libertarian Cato Institute and the director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University.

Image: Twitter

Forget the Wall Already, It’s Time for the U.S. to Have Open Borders

This article appeared on USA Today on July 31, 2018.

President Donald Trump’s recent tweets against open borders come as no surprise. Indeed, even fervent immigration advocates worry that open borders would lower the wages of low-skilled natives, erode national security, and overburden the social safety net. Trump doubled down, tweeting that he would be “willing to ‘shut down’ government” unless Congress approves funding for a border wall with Mexico.

Trump, however, has it exactly backwards: The solution to America’s immigration problems is open borders, under which the United States imposes no immigration restrictions at all. If the U.S. adopts this policy, the benefits will far outweigh the costs.

Legalize ALL immigration

Illegal immigration will disappear, by definition. Much commentary on immigration — Trump and fellow travelers aside — suggests that legal immigration is good and that illegal immigration is bad. So, legalize all immigration.

America has nothing to fear, and much to gain, from open borders.

Government will then have no need to define or interpret rules about asylum, economic hardship, family reunification, family separation, DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and so on. When all immigration is legal, these issues are irrelevant.

The question of fairness about who enters first — those who waited in line or those who entered illegally — disappears. Amnesty for existing illegal immigrants also becomes a non-issue. Or an open borders policy could require anyone who entered illegally to exit the country — for exactly five minutes — and then re-enter legally.

Think about the money we could save and make

Expenditure on immigration enforcement would shrink to nothing, because open borders means no walls, fences, screening at airports, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), deportations, detention centers or immigration courts. A 2013 report estimated that immigration enforcement cost more than $18 billion annually, and standard indicators suggest costs have grown further since then…. read the rest here.

BONUS INFO: Bernie Saunders on open borders, here. 

 

 

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

Nearly 20 Percent of Inmates in Federal Prisons Are Criminal Aliens – (Republican-Ruled Georgia House Unwilling to Share Same Information on State Level)

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The United States Penitentiary, Tucson (Image courtesy of U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons)

“The illegal immigrant crime rate in this country should be zero.” He added, “Every crime committed by an illegal alien is, by definition, a crime that should have been prevented. It is outrageous that tens of thousands of Americans are dying every year because of the drugs and violence brought over our borders illegally and that taxpayers have been forced, year after year, to pay millions of dollars to incarcerate tens of thousands of illegal aliens.” Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

According to a new report, criminal aliens currently make up nearly 20 percent of the population in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) system — a total of 34,776.

David Olen Cross, a Salem, Ore., crime and immigration researcher, looked at the number of foreign nationals in the U.S. BOP system based on the most recent federal report. As of March 30, 2019, there were 179,761 inmates incarcerated in federal prisons across the U.S. Their countries of origin, according to the report, are:

  • Mexico 21,668 inmates, 12.1 percent;

  • Colombia 1,633 inmates, 0.9 percent;

  • Dominican Republic 1,425 inmates, 0.8 percent;

  • Cuba 1,169 inmates, 0.7 percent;

  • Other/unknown countries 8,881 inmates, 4.9 percent;

  • United States 144,985 inmates, 80.7 percent;

You can read the rest of the story from PJ Media here.

The United States now has open borders for illegal aliens who bring a child – Border Patrol releasing illegal crossers directly into U.S. 

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Image: CNN

Border Patrol releasing immigrant families into US instead of transferring to ICE

Washington Examiner

by Anna Giaritelli
 | March 26, 2019 12:36 PM

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Border Patrol agents have been quietly releasing immigrant families apprehended at the southern border rather than transferring them to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to continue being held in federal custody, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told reporters Tuesday.

Acting ICE Director Ronald Vitiello said the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border has become so dire that Border Patrol agents are letting families go free into the United States and telling them to show up for asylum hearings in the future instead of putting them in ICE custody for 20 days, the maximum amount of time they can be detained due to a 2015 court ruling.

“CBP [Customs and Border Protection] is doing some of their own release and as the flow continues, we may have to start doing that,” Vitiello said following a speech at the Border Security Expo.

Vitiello, who is still navigating the Senate confirmation process since his nomination to lead the agency last summer, said ICE is “barely keeping up” with the people it is taking from CBP, prompting border agents to take matters into their own hands.

“They are overwhelmed, and we are in a position where we’re not able to help them as fast as we want to,” he said.

Vitiello, who worked for CBP for three decades, said the release an unspecified number of undocumented immigrants into the U.S. is “not really different” than what CBP did in the mid-2000s. Back then, Border Patrol agents were arresting nearly 100,000 people per month and would release some out the back door of stations. Read the entire report here and see the video.

Illegal alien “migrant” held for killing school teacher in head-on collision

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llegal alien accused of killing Mobile woman in head-on collision (img: WPMI)

 

An illegal alien from Guatemala who reportedly tried to claim asylum in the U.S. is under arrest in Mobile, Alabama for the death of a teacher at the Living Word Christian Center Kingdom Academy in a Monday morning head-on collision.

MyNBCTV:

Prosecutors say Marcos is an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who tried to claim asylum in Arizona in 2017. When he was a no show to his hearing, prosecutors say he was denied asylum and issued a final order of deportation. Authorities didn’t catch up with him until Monday’s crash.

Marcos is charged with homicide by vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident with injuries. He’s due in court Friday for a bond hearing. The state will request he not be released.

You can read the full story here.

Typo in headline corrected 11:12 PM- thanks for the catch, dear readers. Cool if you try this yourselves.

 

Fast Fact: In a state with more illegal aliens than Arizona: Georgia’s Republican state senators send out an issues poll with no option for illegal immigration

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Fast Fact: In a state with more illegal aliens than Arizona: Georgia’s Republican state senators send out an issues poll with no option for illegal immigration.

Here.

 

Image: Georgia state senate poll, 2019

 

 

What you think matters. Please complete this survey.
1.
Are you in favor of setting up a process in Georgia that allows the growing of the cannabis plant that produces medical marijuana?
Favor
Oppose
Undecided
2.

 Do you favor taxing streaming services to extend broadband to rural areas of the state?
Favor
Oppose
Undecided
3.

Do you favor voting machines that produce a printed paper ballot or a paper ballot that the voter fills out?
Printed ballot
Voter-filled ballot
Undecided
4.
Would you favor the licensing of the growing of hemp, recently legalized by federal farm bill?
Favor
Oppose
Undecided
5.
Do you support the exemption of military retirement income from state income taxes? (All citizens 65 and older are presently exempt up to $65,000 per spouse)
Favor
Oppose
Undecided
6.

Would you be in favor of changing the definition of “unemployed” to allow federal government employees to collect unemployment benefits in the event of a government shutdown?
Favor
Oppose
Undecided
7.
Would you favor changing the classification of possession of a small amount (less than one ounce) of marijuana from a misdemeanor to a fine offense in a municipal court?
Favor
Oppose
Undecided
8.

Do you favor legalizing horseracing in Georgia?
Favor
Oppose
Undecided
9.
Do you favor raising the mandatory age of school attendance from 16 to 17 years old?
Favor
Oppose
Undecided
10.
Do you favor the State of Georgia ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)?
Favor
Oppose
Undecided
11.
Do you favor the State of Georgia ratifying the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)?
Favor
Oppose
Undecided