January 21, 2010

Inger Eberhart in the Athens Banner Herald - Facts are difficult things for reader Kent Nessel , Inger sets it straight in a letter to the editor to the Athens Banner Herald

Posted by D.A. King at 8:43 am

After working for more than four years on Georgia’s immigration laws, ( the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act of 2006 ((GSICA)) - and because it was virtually ignored by local governments in Georgia, the 2009 follow up - HB 2) we are finally seeing some movement toward compliance in some places. Including Athens/Clarke County.

We at the Dustin Inman Society are firm in our position that rewarding illegal aliens - from anywhere - who escape capture at our borders with a business license is unproductive not to mention illegal. I have written about the lack of compliance in several places including the ABH… HERE.

(Local governments slow to comply with immigration law
http://www.thedustininmansociety.org/ar ... jul08.html )

The Athens Banner Herald ran a news story (HERE) about the questions local business owners have on the fact that they must swear they are citizens or legally present aliens ( a requirement that has existed since our law went into effect in 2007). I wrote a letter to the editor at the ABH in response HERE . A reader who doesn’t seem to like my postion (or me) too much replied and then Inger Eberhart sent her observation on that letter.

(Law changes catch businesses off guard
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/011 ... 8236.shtml

D.A. King: Immigration bill isn't optional
http://thedustininmansociety.org/blog/?p=2902

Inger Eberhart:
http://www.thedustininmansociety.org/th ... may05.html )

Her observation was a little long and was edited. Below is the published version, below that, I post the entire response that Inger sent to the ABH editor. We thank Mr. Jim Thompson, ABH opinion editor for the space and the effort to set the record straight.

We encourage readers here to see the online comments below each letter - particularly comments on Inger’s letter today. Feel free to put in your 2 cents.

Inger Eberhart’s letter to the editor published in the Athens Banner Herald today. Thanks Inger!

Athens Banner Herald

Inger Eberhart: Letter misrepresented activist

Athens Banner-Herald

Thursday, January 21, 2010

A recent letter to the editor advances a myth manufactured by people who defend and encourage the crime of illegal immigration, and attempt to silence anyone who speaks up for immigration law enforcement.

The Tuesday letter headlined “Immigrants deserve compassionâ€