The Georgia Immigration Enforcement Review Board is scheduled to meet Tomorrow (Thursday) noon to 2 p.m. in the Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Room 606, across the street from the Capitol.
The seven members of the board will be sworn in at the public meeting before they elect their chairman and discuss setting up committees and procedures for considering complaints about violations of state immigration laws. There were public cries against the appointment of Phil Kent to the board.
This board is responsible for investigating complaints that city, county and state officials are violating state immigration enforcement laws. It has the power to hold hearings, subpoena documents, adopt regulations and hand out punishment, including fines of up to $5,000. In summary, it has the ability to harass government officials. Let's wait and see what they do.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
NEW ICE TRAINING CENTER OPENS IN GA
DHS has opened a new training center in Georgia to prepare ICE special agents and officers to enforce immigration and customs laws.
ICE's Director John Morton and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center director Connie Patrick opened the ICE Academy last week.
The ICE Academy and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center collaborated on the $2.5 million renovation. The new complex houses four computer labs, nine classrooms and two electronics labs.
I hope they will teach these officers to be fair and to treat people with civility and dignity. These qualities have been lacking in many ICE officers I encountered over the years...
ICE's Director John Morton and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center director Connie Patrick opened the ICE Academy last week.
The ICE Academy and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center collaborated on the $2.5 million renovation. The new complex houses four computer labs, nine classrooms and two electronics labs.
I hope they will teach these officers to be fair and to treat people with civility and dignity. These qualities have been lacking in many ICE officers I encountered over the years...
Thursday, September 8, 2011
SIGN PETITION TO REMOVE PHIL KENT FROM IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT REVIEW BOARD
Following yesterday's post regarding Gov. Nathan Deal's appointment of Phil Kent, the leader of the hate group Americans for Immigration Control (AIC) to his Immigration Enforcement Review Board, there is an online petition which I urge you all to sign requesting to remove him immediately from the board.
Follow this link to sign:
http://signon.org/sign/remove-phil-kent-from?source=s.em.mt&r_by=506177
FYI AIC has been for over a decade listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Kent himself is responsible for using intense racist imagery to support his beliefs. See ate:
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/09/02/georgia-governor-appoints-nativist-hate-group-leader-to-immigration-board/
Follow this link to sign:
http://signon.org/sign/remove-phil-kent-from?source=s.em.mt&r_by=506177
FYI AIC has been for over a decade listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Kent himself is responsible for using intense racist imagery to support his beliefs. See ate:
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/09/02/georgia-governor-appoints-nativist-hate-group-leader-to-immigration-board/
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
ANTI-IMMIGRANT EXTREMIST PHIL KENT APPOINTED TO STATE BOARD
In an excellent blog post, Jay Bookman of the AJC explains how Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed a bigoted, anti-immigrant extremist to an important state board that has to supervise local government's compliance with HB87 and that the appointment should be withdrawn immediately.
Here is the link:
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2011/09/06/anti-immigrant-extremist-appointed-to-powerful-state-board/?cxntfid=blogs_jay_bookman_blog
Here is the link:
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2011/09/06/anti-immigrant-extremist-appointed-to-powerful-state-board/?cxntfid=blogs_jay_bookman_blog
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
ATLANTA CLINIC REFUSES TREATMENT TO SICK IMMIGRANTS
About a dozen immigrants (and another dozen U.S. citizens) suffering from renal failure were refused treatment at an Atlanta clinic operated by Fresenius Medical Care and advised to wait until their conditions deteriorated enough to justify life-saving care in an emergency room.
This is a result of a deadlock in negotiations between Atlanta’s public hospital and the world’s largest dialysis provider.
These patients, rather than receiving dialysis three times a week, which is the standard protocol for cleansing their blood of toxins, they must wait until they are in sufficiently serious jeopardy to trigger the federal law that requires free hospital care in a life-threatening emergency.
About 2 years ago the management at Grady Memorial hospital, Atlanta's main hospital that cared for the uninsured, shut its outpatient dialysis clinic due to severe financial losses, which then cause the displacements of 60 uninsured immigrants.
Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for Medicare or any type of government assistance programs, and few qualify for private insurance. Grady continued to pay for the treatment of these patient at Fresenius Medical Care. The contract has now expired between Grady and Fresenius and no one would treat these patients.
Sad matter indeed. Both parties fight on who would be the appropriate party to pay for these and if no one pays, they will probably end up at Grady anyway getting emergency treatments for life-threatening conditions (which will probably end up costing Grady more).
This is a result of a deadlock in negotiations between Atlanta’s public hospital and the world’s largest dialysis provider.
These patients, rather than receiving dialysis three times a week, which is the standard protocol for cleansing their blood of toxins, they must wait until they are in sufficiently serious jeopardy to trigger the federal law that requires free hospital care in a life-threatening emergency.
About 2 years ago the management at Grady Memorial hospital, Atlanta's main hospital that cared for the uninsured, shut its outpatient dialysis clinic due to severe financial losses, which then cause the displacements of 60 uninsured immigrants.
Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for Medicare or any type of government assistance programs, and few qualify for private insurance. Grady continued to pay for the treatment of these patient at Fresenius Medical Care. The contract has now expired between Grady and Fresenius and no one would treat these patients.
Sad matter indeed. Both parties fight on who would be the appropriate party to pay for these and if no one pays, they will probably end up at Grady anyway getting emergency treatments for life-threatening conditions (which will probably end up costing Grady more).
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
GEORGIA PROFESSORS OFFER FREE COURSE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
Following the move by the Georgia university system's Board of Regents, five University of Georgia professors have started a program they're calling Freedom University. A new state policy has closed the doors of the five most competitive state schools to undocumented immigrants, but a group of professors has found a way to offer those students a taste of what they've been denied.
They will teach a rigorous seminar course once a week meant to mirror courses taught at the most competitive schools and aimed at students who have graduated from high school but can not go to these top schools because of the new policy
This is not a substitute for letting these students into the top schools, but as some help to people who don't have another option right now.
The program is currently taking applications, with the first class set to start on September 8. The five professors will rotate teaching the seminar course on their own time at an off-campus location. All qualified applicants will likely be accepted. What a wonderful move out of these professors. Hopefully others will follow suit.
They will teach a rigorous seminar course once a week meant to mirror courses taught at the most competitive schools and aimed at students who have graduated from high school but can not go to these top schools because of the new policy
This is not a substitute for letting these students into the top schools, but as some help to people who don't have another option right now.
The program is currently taking applications, with the first class set to start on September 8. The five professors will rotate teaching the seminar course on their own time at an off-campus location. All qualified applicants will likely be accepted. What a wonderful move out of these professors. Hopefully others will follow suit.
Monday, August 29, 2011
JUDGE ISSUES TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AGAINST ALABAMA'S HB56
The Alabama Immigration Law HB 56 is temporarily enjoined until September 29, 2011. Chief Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn issued a decision that states that it is in no way addressing the merits of the motions. The court will issue detailed Memorandum Opinions and Orders ruling on the merits of the pending Motions for Preliminary Injunction no later than September 28, 2011. This temporary injunction will remain in effect until September 29, 2011, or until the court enters its rulings, whichever comes first.
HB56 may not be executed or enforced in the mean time. Great initial news for our clients in Alabama!
HB56 may not be executed or enforced in the mean time. Great initial news for our clients in Alabama!
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