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Pending legislation under Georgia’s Gold Dome to allow illegal aliens to pay lower tuition at public universities than legal immigrants and U.S. citizens #HB120 #KaseyCarpenter

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Image: A.F. Branco – In 2016 three Georgia residents, all illegal aliens who had graduated from Georgia high schools, went to court with the contention that their deferred action on deportation status as DACA recipients somehow provided “lawful presence” in the U.S. Further, they said DACA should allow them to attend the universities the Board of Regents has placed off limits to illegal aliens.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against them in 2019. On page 26 of the March 2019 11th Circuit opinion the court wrote: “As explained above, appellants are not lawfully present in the United States.”
The court noted the obvious (even the liberal AJC reported it): illegal alien students are still subject to deportation proceedings. “As DACA recipients, they simply were given  a reprieve from potential removal; that does not mean they are in any way ‘lawfully present under the (INA) act.”

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Updated: Typos corrected 5:32 PM 28 January, 2021.  **Updated 9:15 AM 29 January, 2021 with note on lack of criminal restrictions for eligibility.

UPDATE FEB 19, 8:47 PM – THERE IS NOW A SUBSTITUTE BILL (LC 49 0393S) WITH A SLIGHT CHANGE IN LANGUAGE DESIGNED TO CREATE FAKE NEWS. IT IS WORKING. MORE SUNDAY.

Instate tuition for illegal aliens in Georgia – House Bill 120 sponsored by Republican Rep Kasey Carpenter of Dalton

 Carpenter has three Republican co-signers and five Democrat co-signers. Without ever using “DACA,” the hoped-for contention is that DACA provides “lawful presence.” It doesn’t.

See bottom for a list and contact info of cosponsors.

Rep Kasey Carpenter’s legislation, HB 120, would change Georgia law to allow illegal aliens to access instate tuition rates in Georgia’s public university and technical college systems. Three schools would be exempt because they do not admit illegal aliens at any tuition rate.

Rep Kasey Carpenter Photo: GA General Assembly

These instate rates are much lower than out-of state tuition (what non-residents pay). For academic year 2019-2020, the average tuition & fees for Colleges in Georgia is $4,721 for in-state and $16,879 for out-of-state.

This would mean illegal aliens would pay a lower rate than Americans and legal immigrants from Michigan or Nebraska (for example).

The bill is being promoted in the liberal AJC in a way that makes it sound like it would only apply to illegal aliens with Obama’s illegal DACA action. Here is a quote from an AJC article before the bill officially dropped:

“ (Rep Kasey) Carpenter said his bill would apply to participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.”

The reality is that “DACA” is not mentioned anywhere in Carpenter’s state tuition amnesty bill. Carpenter, along with his far-left, Atlanta-area Democrat co-sponsors has structured the measure so that nearly any ‘youngish’ illegal alien living in Georgia, DACA or not, can pay much less tuition in Georgia taxpayer-funded post-secondary schools than Americans and legal immigrants from most other states *if they meet the bill’s guidelines. *(updated 3:19 PM, January 28, 2021)

Note: Read a well written explanation of what may happen to DACA in the near future from Regulatory Review.

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Requirements for instate tuition for illegal aliens in Carpenter’s bill:

* Student must have graduated from a Georgia High School or obtained a Georgia GED.

* Claim domicile in Georgia since January 1, 2013 or be a dependent “child” of a parent (including illegal alien parents) who claims Georgia domicile since January 1, 2013.

*  Be younger than 30 at time of initial application to a Georgia post-secondary school. This appears to mean the illegal alien who is older than 30 now could have applied in the past and been rejected but can use the date of that original application. (We have not done the math).

* Has not been issued a temporary (non-immigrant) visa to enter the U.S.A. by the federal government.

*The bill says student must be “lawfully present in this state” and present evidence of that status – and that the regents may not allow instate tuition to non-citizens who are not “lawfully present.”

All italics mine.

**UPDATE: January 29, 2021 – DACA has guidelines for eligibility regarding criminal records and convictions. In HB 120 we see no such limiting language. This bill is a separate, state level illegal alien tuition amnesty that should be rejected out of hand by responsible lawmakers.

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The term “lawful presence” (different from “legal status”) seems to be the rock Carpenter, his Democrat co-sponsors and his foreign labor backers are tying themselves to. Congress, and only congress, makes the determination of immigration status. According to a 2019 appellate court decision discussed further down, “lawful presence” is not defined anywhere in the Immigration and Nationality Act that regulates immigration. Illegal aliens with DACA for example, do not have “lawful presence.”

Carpenter says he is trying to educate more workers. In a pandemic. With high unemployment. A move that will lower wages for Americans if successful.

Carpenter and his Democrat co-sponsors seem to be trying hard to allow the state of Georgia to create its own amnesty for tuition rates. By using the “DACA” label in talking points, but leaving it out of the bill language, they could allow perhaps thousands more illegal aliens to obtain this immigration amnesty for special treatment on tuition than the 21,000 or so illegal aliens that actually currently have DACA status.

We expect the argument to be that illegal aliens with a Georgia drivers license can use it to demonstrate “lawful presence” in Georgia to pay less tuition than legal immigrants.

See bill here

Image: The Dustin Inman Society

FACTS:

 Associated Press: “Some illegal immigrants get licenses in Georgia.”

llegal aliens with deferred action on deportation (DACA or no DACA) can and do qualify for a Georgia drivers license because of federal law (REAL ID Act) – this special treatment applies to obtaining drivers licenses and official ID cards only.

The Georgia state senate passed a bill to end this insanity in 2017. All but one Republican voted in favor. The liberal AJC reported on it with “Georgia Senate passes measure aimed at immigrants without legal status.”

The House never allowed the bill to see a hearing and the bill died. We are forever grateful to former state Senator Josh McKoon for his courage and determination.

Drivers license issued to non-citizens in Georgia, including illegal aliens with deferred action on deportation. Photo: DDS.

Carpenter and his Dem pals may be trying to use the drivers license as a way to get illegal aliens instate tuition. The effort seems to be to use the DACA amnesty as a way to confuse lawmakers and voters on Carpenter’s tuition amnesty bill, it should be noted that illegal aliens with DACA have already lost their case in federal court – twice – when they tried to claim “lawful presence.”

“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.

The ruling was in response to a suit brought by several illegal aliens in Georgia who were challenging the Board of Regents policy that requires lawful presence for instate tuition purposes and admittance to some USG universities.

The Eleventh Circuit rejected all of the students’ claims. The court noted that  ““lawfully present” is not a stand alone immigration classification, and it is not defined anywhere in the (Immigration and Nationality) Act  *(opinion here).

We wrote it up here, with a link to the court’s opinion.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. Photo: Twitter.com

Georgia Attorney General, Chris Carr:

“We have continuously and clearly taken the position in ongoing legal cases that DACA does not confer legal status…” from the liberal WABE news.

The bill seems to depend largely on lawmaker’s ignorance of the issue and the slanted promotional and inaccurate headline coverage in the media.

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HB120

Sponsor: Rep Kasey Carpenter (R) Dalton

*Cosponsors

Rep Dale Washburn (R) Macon

Rep Mathew Gambrill (R) Cartersville

Rep Bee Nguyen (D) Atlanta

Rep Zulma Lopez (D) Atlanta

Rep Wes Cantrell (R) Woodstock

Rep Shea Roberts (D) Atlanta

Rep Angelika Kausche (D) Johns Creek

Rep Mathew Wilson (D) Brookhaven

Rep Sam Park (D) Lawrenceville (Added here Jan 11, 2022 after an update with House Clerk’s office. Thank you, Judy!)

*As per Clerk’s office 10:00 AM Jan 27, 2021 & Jan 11, 2022.

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The Dangerous Gambit of the Enforcement Moratorium and Amnesty Legislation

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No one wants to negotiate with a gun to their head

Center for Immigration Studies

By Andrew R. Arthur on January 27, 2021

 

In a January 22 post, my colleague Jessica Vaughan analyzed a 100-day immigration enforcement moratorium put in place by the Biden administration, in one of its first acts. The memorandum laying out that moratorium all but eviscerates immigration enforcement in the United States, as Vaughan noted. It is a dangerous — but perhaps inevitable — gambit, as the new administration pushes a massive amnesty for almost every alien unlawfully present in the United States.

To recap that memorandum announcing a 100-day “pause”, beginning February 1, there will be just three “priorities” for immigration enforcement generally: national security threats, aliens who crossed the border illegally on or after November 1, 2020, and aliens convicted of an “aggravated felony” who are “are determined to pose a threat to public safety”.

That applies not just to removals (aliens who do not fall within one of the priorities will not be removed as of January 22), but to arrests and detentions of aliens who are not a “priority”, as well. That means that nonimmigrant overstays (who make up the majority of aliens illegally present in the United States), aliens who have received due process and are under final orders of removal, and criminal aliens who are not a “priority” will get off scot-free, at least for the next three-plus months, and likely longer.

In other words, in all but the most extreme cases, there will be no immigration enforcement in the United States at all.

But as my colleague Mark Krikorian explained recently, there are no immigration reforms in the proposed amnesty, either. What gives?

Usually, at least a window-dressing of enforcement precedes an amnesty proposal. Why were there almost 370,000 removals in FY 2008? Then-President George W. Bush wanted an amnesty. Why were there almost 410,000 removals in FY 2012? Then-President Obama wanted one, too.

The legislative strategy traditionally has been to show that you are serious about enforcement, and then argue for amnesty for aliens brought to the United States as minors, or for parents of children born here, or for “otherwise law-abiding” aliens illegally present.

Perhaps the Biden administration has decided that this was not a winning tack (there was no Bush or Obama amnesty), and opted to go in the other direction. I am not privy to its deliberations and tactics, but if it has opted to use enforcement (or more precisely, a lack thereof) as a bargaining chip to get a massive legalization bill passed, it will likely backfire.

I have worked on Capitol Hill, and drafted and negotiated legislation that has become law, so I would like to think that I have a certain level of expertise in the crafting of proposals into laws. No one wants to negotiate with a gun to their head, and some Democrats facing tough re-election campaigns in the 2022 off-year elections may have to take a walk on this one.

That said, the Biden administration may have felt that it had no choice except to halt almost all immigration enforcement. If you plan on giving status to everyone except a handful of aliens illegally present as of an arbitrary date, it is inconsistent to arrest — let alone remove — them before that amnesty takes effect.

Why? Because that means that the legislation will either exclude those removed or expressly let them back into the United States (or worse, have the American taxpayers pay to fly them back). In legislative terms, the “optics” of such returns are bad, and hard to defend.

But again, the Biden non-enforcement strategy is risky. Some crimes are victimless in the abstract, but there are a lot of victims of the crimes for which those aliens will not be removed.

Consider, for example, DUI, which is not actually a ground of removability and would — except in the most extreme cases — not fall within one of the new “priorities” for removal. I would regularly see respondents on my docket as an immigration judge who had entered illegally (and therefore were removable) and come to ICE’s attention after a DUI arrest, however. Read the rest here.

 

Well written explanation: What Will Happen to DACA?

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Regulatory Review

What Will Happen to DACA?

Despite notching several critical legal victories this year, including one at the U.S. Supreme Court, supporters of a federal program that protects Dreamers—immigrants brought to the United States as children—must put the celebrations on hold yet again.

In the latest chapter of a nearly decade-long legal battle, the fate of that program—called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)—now lies in the hands of a federal judge in Texas who immigration advocates fear will terminate the program.

DACA began in 2012 when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memorandum making Dreamers eligible to obtain legal status that would defer potential immigration proceedings. This relief, which can be renewed every two years, shields Dreamers who meet stringent criteria from deportation and allows them to obtain work authorization among other benefits. Since its enactment, DACA has protected 800,000 noncitizens from deportation and more than 1.3 million other immigrants remain eligible for the program.

For years, DACA had enjoyed wide bipartisan support. But in 2017 the Trump Administration attempted to rescind the program, claiming that it was “an unconstitutional exercise of authority by the Executive Branch.” In response, multiple plaintiffs challenged the rescission as “arbitrary and capricious” in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. This summer, the Supreme Court agreed with the plaintiffs, upholding the program against the Trump Administration’s effort to disband it—a major victory for the program’s beneficiaries and immigration advocates.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision, a federal judge ordered DHS to restore the program to its original form after the agency refused to do so. The judge specifically required DHS to resume reviewing and approving new DACA applications and work permits immediately, marking another victory for the program’s supporters.

But ongoing litigation in Texas threatens DACA supporters’ winning streak.

This case began in 2018 when Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and several other states filed a lawsuit arguing that DHS exceeded its authority by creating DACA without the consent of Congress. Because this case is the only one that directly challenges DACA’s legality, an adverse decision in this litigation could permanently end the program—an outcome that became more likely when the case was transferred to Judge Andrew S. Hanen, according to some advocates.

Appointed by President George W. Bush, Judge Hanen is perhaps best known for his 2015 decision to enjoin two other Obama-era immigration initiatives closely related to DACA. The first initiative sought to expand DACA to include an additional 330,000 people. The second initiative aimed to offer DACA-like protections to undocumented parents of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.

In that litigation, 26 states challenged the two initiatives in Southern Texas, knowing they were likely to come before Judge Hanen, whose earlier rebukes of President Obama’s immigration policies “made him an inviting decision-maker.” When the case was indeed assigned to Judge Hanen, one commentator concluded that the plaintiff states had “already won the first round in court.”

As predicted, Judge Hanen enjoined the two initiatives, holding that President Obama exceeded his authority when he enacted them. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit—perhaps the most conservative federal appeals court in the country—upheld Judge Hanen’s decision. On further appeal, the Supreme Court—with only eight justices after Justice Antonin Scalia’s untimely death—was evenly divided on the issue, which meant Judge Hanen’s initial injunction remained in place. Although the ruling had no effect on DACA itself, it effectively terminated the two related initiatives.

When the Texas attorney general and other plaintiff states mounted the 2018 challenge to DACA’s legality, they relied heavily on the reasoning Judge Hanen employed when he enjoined the two DACA-related programs. But, in a decision that surprised some observers, Judge Hanen declined to halt DACA at the outset of litigation. Although the judge believed the program was likely illegal, he explained, “the egg has been scrambled,” and thus it did not make sense to “put it back in the shell,” at least until he could consider the parties’ arguments in full.

In 2020, shortly after the Supreme Court rejected the Trump Administration’s rescission attempt, Judge Hanen directed the parties to bring their claims before him once more, suggesting he might be prepared to put the eggs back in the shell….read the rest here.

GEORGIA LT GOV GEOFF DUNCAN HAS APPOINTED STATE SENATOR CHUCK PAYNE TO COMMITTEE CHAIR “…politics is best and high standard of Moral Turpitude in law.”

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Including this post, the full DIS “Chuck Payne” file here.

From the Office of Lt. Governor, Geoff Duncan:

Senate Announces New Committee Chairs

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  

Today, Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan and the Senate Committee on Assignments announced new standing committee chairs for the first session of the 156th Georgia General Assembly.

“These committee chairs are uniquely qualified to develop real and lasting solutions aimed at building a better Georgia,” said Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan. “The Senate will continue to prioritize diligent committee work and sound public policy, and I look forward to working closely with each one of our chairs, and their committee members, as we work to enact policies that advance both the lives and livelihoods of all Georgians.”

The following members were named to chair standing committees:

Sen. Larry Walker (R – 20) will serve as chair of the Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee.

Sen. Blake Tillery (R – 19) will serve as chair of the Appropriations Committee.

Sen. Matt Brass (R – 28) will serve as chair of the Banking and Financial Institutions Committee.

Sen. Bruce Thompson (R – 14) will serve as chair of the Economic Development and Tourism Committee.

–>Sen. Chuck Payne (R – 54) will serve as chair of the Education and Youth Committee.

Sen. Max Burns (R – 23) will serve as chair of the Ethics Committee.

Sen. Chuck Hufstetler (R – 52) will serve as chair of the Finance Committee.

Sen. Marty Harbin (R – 16) will serve as chair of the Government Oversight Committee.

Sen. Ben Watson (R – 1) will serve as chair of the Health and Human Services Committee.

Sen. Lindsey Tippins (R – 37) will serve as chair of the Higher Education Committee.

Sen. Dean Burke (R – 11) will serve as chair of the Insurance and Labor Committee.

Sen. Donzella James (D – 35) will serve as chair of the Interstate Cooperation Committee.

Sen. Brian Strickland (R – 17) will serve as chair of the Judiciary Committee.

Sen. Tyler Harper (R – 7) will serve as chair of the Natural Resources and the Environment Committee.

Sen. John Albers (R – 56) will serve as chair of the Public Safety Committee.

Sen. John F. Kennedy (R – 18) will serve as chair of the Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee.

Sen. Bill Cowsert (R – 46) will serve as chair of the Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee.

Sen. Randy Robertson (R – 29) will serve as chair of the Retirement Committee.

Sen. Jeff Mullis (R – 53) will serve as chair of the Rules Committee.

Sen. Greg Dolezal (R – 27) will serve as chair of the Science and Technology Committee.

Sen. Jennifer Jordan (D – 6) will serve as chair of the Special Judiciary Committee.

Sen. Lee Anderson (R – 24) will serve as chair of the State and Local Governmental Operations Committee.

Sen. Ed Harbison (D – 15) will serve as chair of the State Institutions and Property Committee.

Sen. Frank Ginn (R – 47) will serve as chair of the Transportation Committee.

Sen. Lester Jackson (D – 2) will serve as chair of the Urban Affairs Committee.

Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick (R – 32) will serve as chair of the Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security Committee.

A comprehensive list of committee appointments can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U2QQpTlfaf1NvGpKoHNEGK6eYnWgrgWARBPqVqmctfA/edit?usp=sharing

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Press Contact:

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Director of Communications

Macy.McFall@ltgov.ga.gov

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New Numbers Show Effectiveness of Cancelled 287(g) Program in Two Georgia Counties

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Elections have consequences

The below excerpt is taken from a recent report for the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington D.C. 

Newly elected Gwinnett County Sheriff Keybo Taylor cancelled the law enforcement partnership on January 1.

  • Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) accounted for 4,262 foreign-born encounters in FY 2020, 25.2 percent of all 287(g) encounters nationwide (16,903).
  • GCSO has reported 57,911 foreign-born encounters since the inception of the program in FY 2009 through FY 2020.

New Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens has pledged to end the program within his first 100 days in office.

  • Cobb County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) accounted for 1,097 foreign-born encounters in FY 2020, 6.5 percent of all 287(g) encounters nationwide.
  • CCSO has reported 21,984 foreign-born encounters since the inception of the program in FY 2007 through FY 2020.

Nationally in 2020, the 287(g) program encountered approximately:

  • 37 aliens convicted for homicide;
  • 920 aliens convicted for assault;
  • 1,261 convicted for dangerous drugs;
  • 104 convicted for sex offenses/assaults;
  • 377 convicted for obstructing police; and
  • 190 convicted for weapons offenses.

Here are some examples of dangerous individuals who were taken off the streets in Gwinnett and Cobb Counties under 287(g):

  • A citizen of Guatemala charged with felony murder and aggravated assault. The subject illegally reentered the United States on an unknown date and location after having been previously removed in 2012.
  • A citizen of Mexico charged with rape and aggravated child molestation by sodomy with a prior conviction of counterfeiting. The subject illegally re-entered the United States after having been previously removed.
  • A citizen of El Salvador charged with simple battery, disorderly conduct, no driver’s license, and outstanding warrants for two counts of strongarm rape and strongarm sodomy-sexual assault. Previous convictions include concealed weapon carrying, inflicting corporal injury to spouse/cohabitant, aggravated DUI, DUI, and disorderly intoxication. The subject illegally re-entered the United States after having been previously removed twice.
  • A citizen of Mexico arrested for possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, trafficking in methamphetamine, and trafficking in cocaine. The subject entered the United States on an unknown date and location without inspection.
  • A citizen of Jamaica sentenced to 10 years for a conviction of armed robbery, possession of a firearm in commission of a felony, and possession of marijuana. The subject was last admitted into the United States as a conditional lawful resident.

Former Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway is quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as saying, “It [the 287(g) program] has saved people. I certainly think there have been fewer child molestations, rapes, murders, robberies.”

–> Read the complete report from CIS.org here.

“It Seems Newsworthy”: Letter to the Editor Sent to the Atlanta Journal Constitution Re; Partial Coverage on Sheriff Keybo Taylor – *287(g) *AJC

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We post here because it seems the liberal AJC has ended consideration of publishing my letters.

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January 6, 2020

Dear editor,

A recent AJC report (‘New Gwinnett sheriff ends controversial immigration program’) on newly elected Gwinnett Sheriff Keybo Taylor included his first-day statement that his office “will no longer notify ICE of a person’s immigration status in the jail…”

For complete coverage, we hope to see AJC explain to readers the fact that state law requires jailers to use reasonable effort to determine immigration status of incoming prisoners and to report illegal aliens to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

This is a 2006 law (OCGA 42-4-14) that is apparently on Republican Attorney General Chris Carr’s list of “do not enforce” items. Gov. Kemp’s silence on the defiance matches that of the media.

It seems newsworthy.

D.A. KING

MARIETTA

PRESIDENT, THE DUSTIN INMAN SOCIETY

Associated Press Race and Ethnicity Team: “Racism” in Too Much Info on Chinese Dinner Menus and Corona Pandemic

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62 dogs rescued from Yulin slaughterhouse June 2019. Click photo for more information.

Leftist Associated Press, ‘Chinese protest recipes’ and dinner dogs * Reporter blocks curious reader

Oh, no! “Racism targets Asian food, business during COVID-19 pandemic” according to the far-left Associated Press in a recent yarn (link at bottom).

While the presumably grown-up liberals who assign and edit goop like this are not listed, they should get as much credit as the two characters who wrote this little gem. Say hello to AP “journalists” Christine Fernando and Cheyanne Mumphrey.

The thrust of the assignment seems to have been to create an “anti-racist” OP-ED disguised as ‘news’ to reinforce the liberal premise that A) It’s racist to mention the Corona/Covid virus pandemic originated in Communist China and B) It’s racist to say dogs and rats are part of the diet in Communist China. Oh, and “hate,” “white supremacy,” immigration, “the other” and “xenophobia.” So, really just another day at the Associated Press office.

As noted at the bottom of this silly mess, Fernando is an intern at the Associated Press ‘Race and Ethnicity’ team. You can follow her on Twitter, but be advised, she seems a little touchy about questions on this “racism” work. When I asked via Twitter if other news agencies that produced stories explaining that dogs and rats are in fact part of the diet in Communist China were “racist” – she blocked me. Brave soul.

Photo: Screen shot. Twitter

 

The agenda-driven Associated Press is hardly worth reading anymore unless used to illustrate the absence of integrity and the determination to guide the thoughts of America’s weakest minds. But because this one is so very amusing it may be worth your time to read and file this as a marker. Or, for use in your “anti-racist” recipe file. Also please know the AP newsroom enjoys feedback and corrections.

From the AP:

“That old-school rhetoric that we eat bats, dogs and rats — that racism is still alive and well,” said Clarence Kwan, creator of the anti-racist cooking zine “Chinese Protest Recipes.” The speed with which such false stereotypes resurfaced during the pandemic is “a reflection of how little progress we’ve made,” Kwan said.”

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Just FYI, “Chinese Protest Recipes,” the new zine by the source chosen to refute the whole dog/rat thing, Clarence Kwan, announces three goals in bold typeface on its fourth page:

“1. SUPPORT BLACK LIVES MATTER

2. RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY

3. RESIST THROUGH CHINESE FOOD.” Here.

Got it?

More?

“Wu said the false notion that Chinese people eat rat or dog meat is rooted in the xenophobic fears of white workers who used Chinese immigrant workers as a scapegoat for their economic woes.”

We don’t think these Associated Press thinkers realize readers outside their ridiculous bubble actually travel or know about Google. Or maybe they are anti-dogs…

From Google:

*‘The day my dog was cooked for dinner’

By Juliana Liu
Hong Kong correspondent, BBC News

*‘Inside China’s brutal dog meat trade where 10 million dogs a year are killed, cooked and eaten’ Youtube.

Apparently there is a movement to end the Fido for Dinner tradition in Communist China. Seems like a real story. We don’t think it will be on the AP wire. CBS News is no doubt “racist” for this one.

*‘China’s annual dog meat festival is underway, but activists hope it will be the last.’

*‘Chinese eat dogs and rats’ on Google? “About 29,200,000 results.”

“Xenophobic fears”, indeed.

“Racist’ rat-kabob reporting?

Photo: Automatic Trap Co.

*“Chinese people bred huge wild RATS for their ‘nutritious’ meat, came up with dozens of ways to cook them and celebrated ‘100 reasons to eat them’ – before they were banned due to coronavirus.” The Daily Mail.

*‘Eating Bamboo Rats in China’ Youtube.xenophobic fears

According to the discredited Associated Press, “racism” is apparently rampant in the hearts and minds of their fellow journalists. No surprise of this entire AP crew goes to work for the discredited SPLC.

You can see the entire “food racism” report from the largest TV news department in the Southeast, the liberal AP superspreader WSB-TV. *Update: It’s also on ABC News.

To my knowledge, none of my Chinese friends eat rats or dogs. But I never asked…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Migrants Chanting ‘Biden! Biden!’ Attempt to Rush Border

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Will mass-incursion tactics test Biden’s promises of a kinder, gentler immigration agenda?

Center for Immigration Studies
By Todd Bensman on January 4, 2021

El Paso

Almost lost in the distractions of the holiday weekend, on the night of December 29 up to 400 mostly Cuban migrants forced their way pastMexican immigration and over payment turnstiles on the Paso del Norte Bridge from Ciudad Juarez with a desire to force their way into downtown El Paso, Texas, according to news reporting. (Some video of the attempted incursion is here and here.)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mobile Field Force officers met them in riot gear and used concrete blocks tipped by concertina wire to block the onslaught mid-bridge as many of the migrants chanted “Biden! Biden!” Many demanded they be let in to live in the United States while they pursue asylum claims, instead of waiting in Mexico as required under various policies of President Donald Trump.

But with Trump still presiding, the blocked migrants with Biden on their minds were forced to listen to a recorded message broadcast over loudspeakers in Spanish and English warning that any further trouble would be met by force, arrests, and prosecution. That went on until the crowd dispersed at about dawn on December 30.

A source told the Center for Immigration Studies that CBP and Mexican authorities on the international bridge to the Del Rio, Texas, port of entry broke up another, smaller migrant formation demanding U.S. entry. Otherwise, the extent to which the attempted incursions occurred elsewhere along the southern border remains unclear at this time. But a question naturally arises from these events.

Do attempted mass incursions like these foreshadow a new flash point and tactic whereby untold tens of thousands of migrants inside Mexico can quickly test the new Biden administration on its many campaign promises of a kinder and gentler approach toward them? It bears watching.

Broader Implications of the Mass-Incursion Tactic for Incoming President Biden

This was not the first time CBP under Donald Trump has forcefully responded to surging migrants hoping to overrun the port of entry at El Paso and will almost certainly not be the last there or elsewhere.

Especially not now, judging by the chants and media interviews on the Paso del Norte Bridge this time about Biden’s many immigration promises heard widely throughout the Americas and beyond, including an amnesty bill, an end to deportations, and reversal of Trump immigration policies during his first 100 days in office. While sharp analysts like my CIS colleague Mark Krikorian judge that Biden is likely to slow-boil the frog on some of his immigration promises for pragmatic political reasons, what was said on the international bridge during the recent confrontation confirms that migrants don’t necessarily pay close attention to in-the-weeds political timing so much as big, broad, and directional messages.

The migrants on that bridge showed up with high expectations that the coming Biden administration somehow had already managed to swing open the gates as promised, never mind that Trump still has a few weeks to go.

The Mexican newspaper El Sol de Parral quoted Enrique Valenzuela, head of the Chihuahua State Council for Population and Migration, who was at the bridge last week, as saying a false social media rumor that the Americans would start letting migrants pass through that night easily sparked the event. He said that happened because “there is expectation, there is hope and there is enthusiasm in them [sic] who believe that with the change of administration comes new measures and that they will immediately enter and there will be new conditions that will allow them to request asylum.”

Raul Pino Gonzalez of Havana was quoted at the bridge saying: “They should let us pass. We are calling out to Mexico and the U.S. and to Biden, the new U.S. president, to remind him of the presidential campaign promises he made. To make him aware we are here.”

While events like this have happened before, time and place make these fresh mass-entry attempts very different. At issue with the mass-incursion tactic is whether the new administration will show similarly stiff, riot-gear resolve toward follow-on attempts, or let them pass to avoid the look of forceful confrontation.

In this Hobson’s choice, the Biden administration would face the politically bitter prospect that violent confrontations would be among its first interactions with migrants. Should the administration choose the obvious alternative of letting such groups pass on the bridges or elsewhere, it would naturally follow that any successful breach would only inspire more, which could quickly spiral into a nationally hurtful border crisis, given the vast populations of frustrated, angry migrants in Mexico and far beyond at the moment.

A Large Reservoir of Frustrated Migrants in Mexico Pulsing with Biden Hope

While the exact number of migrants pooled up in Mexico is not clear, the reservoir of people who would enter through any first breach is clearly vast and deep.

Several Trump policies that Biden promises to reverse have forced economic migrants who’d use the asylum system to attain American prosperity to wait in Mexico since the summer of 2019. One of those policies, the Migrant Protection Protocols (also known as the “Remain in Mexico” program), has returned some 70,000 mostly economic migrants to Mexico to wait for their mostly meritless asylum claims to process, preventing them from disappearing inside the United States after judges inevitably decline those claims. More here.

 

Announcing the New Dustin Inman Society Website

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It took almost two years of part time work as donated funds became available, but the Dustin Inman Society finally has a new website. We hope you will take a look when you have time and visit often. It will be updated regularly.

As Georgia’s only activist pro-enforcement group, we are proud of the difference we have made since 2005 and that the vast, corporate-funded illegal alien lobby cannot control or conceal their hate for us.

The new DIS blog is on our homepage

The current top story on the DIS blog is the fact that longstanding Georgia law requires jailers to report illegal aliens to federal enforcement officials. Don’t be surprised that this fact has not been in “the news” – but that the liberal media is thrilled to report that incoming sheriffs in Gwinnett and Cobb Counties have promised not to report illegals to ICE.

What we will not be doing is notifying ICE of anybody’s immigration status in the jail or any of our facilities,”announced Gwinnett Sheriff Kebo Taylor January 1st.

We will be asking for your help with phone calls and emails to push Georgia officials to enforce the law – even for Democrat Georgia sheriffs. With more illegal aliens than Arizona, Georgia is a much more dangerous place since the November elections.

If you are not already on our email list, please see the sign up page.

Also on the new DIS blog:

You can also see a recent news story in the Washington Times featuring the Dustin Inman Society and an analysis/opinion response from us.

We have spent countless hours researching compliance with Georgia’s 2011 law requiring most private employers to use the E-Verify program. Please see the media release that went out outlining the complaint we filed against the City of Dalton and a state Rep business owner who appears to have filed false documents on compliance. We do not expect news coverage or an official investigation.

The new website was created with donations and the hope that we can save some lives and maybe even the rule of law here in Republican-ruled Georgia. We are sorry to say that chances are not good.

Don’t miss the Governor Brian Kemp page.

We wish you a Happy New Year.

 

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Announcing the new Dustin Inman Society website
It took almost two years of part time work as donated funds became available, but the Dustin Inman Society finally has a new website. We hope you will take a look when you have time and visit often. It will be updated regularly.

As Georgia’s only activist pro-enforcement group, we are proud of the difference we have made since 2005 and that the vast, corporate-funded illegal alien lobby cannot control or conceal their hate for us.

The new DIS blog is on our homepage

The current top story on the DIS blog is the fact that longstanding Georgia law requires jailers to report illegal aliens to federal enforcement officials. Don’t be surprised that this fact has not been in “the news” – but that the liberal media is thrilled to report that incoming sheriffs in Gwinnett and Cobb Counties have promised not to report illegals to ICE.

“What we will not be doing is notifying ICE of anybody’s immigration status in the jail or any of our facilities,” announced Gwinnett Sheriff Kebo Taylor January 1st.

We will be asking for your help with phone calls and emails to push Georgia officials to enforce the law – even for Democrat Georgia sheriffs. As we have written, with more illegal aliens than Arizona Georgia is a now a much more dangerous place since the November elections.

If you are not already on our email list, please see the sign up page.

Also on the new DIS blog:

You can also see a recent news story in the Washington Times featuring the Dustin Inman Society and an analysis/opinion response from us.

We have spent countless hours researching compliance with Georgia’s 2011 law requiring most private employers to use the E-Verify program. Please see the media release that went out from here outlining the compliant we filed against the City of Dalton and a state Rep business owner who appears to have filed false documents on compliance. We do not expect news coverage or an official investigation.

The new website was created with donations and the hope that we can save some lives and maybe even the rule of law here in Republican-ruled Georgia. We are sorry to say that chances are not good. Don’t miss the Governor Brian Kemp page.

We wish you a Happy New Year.

 

 

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