The citizen here is D.A. King, President of The Dustin Inman Society, Marietta, GA. In 2006, Georgia passed the "Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act", then the strictest state law in the nation prohibiting the awarding of state benefits to illegal aliens. Mr. King was instrumental in having that legislation passed, and he continues to work as a private citizen to have it enforced. There are several links embedded within his original post, so it is suggested that one go to the source to read it in its entirety.
http://thedustininmansociety.org/blog/?p=2364


July 30, 2009

Lawyer Kristi Carman, TCSG Commissioner Ron Jackson, WGTC president Dr. Skip Sullivan, spokesman Mike Light :West Georgia Technical College and the Technical College System of Georgia providing Public Benefits to illegal aliens in violation of federal and state law while the state budget crisis causes Americans to loose benefits and services - the ongoing saga of how to ignore the law and reward illegal aliens who escape capture by U.S. Border Patrol Agents and still keep your official taxpayer funded position in Georgia government

Posted by D.A. King at 12:16 pm

West Georgia Technical College and the Technical College System of Georgia: providing Public Benefits to illegal aliens in violation of federal and state law while the state budget crisis causes Americans to loose benefits and services.

A step by step timeline of a citizen’s opposition.

In which yet another taxpayer funded agency in Georgia ignores the language and intent of the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act of 2006 (GSICA) by simply deciding it does not apply to them - and a citizen speaks up in defense of the law. GSICA was passed as SB 529.
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Section 9 of GSICA clearly mandates that all agencies administering Public Benefits require applicants for those Public Benefits to complete and affidavit attesting to either U.S. citizenship or lawful alien status. The agency is then required to verify the non-citizen’s legal immigration status using the federal SAVE database.

The state definition of Public Benefits are taken directly from existing federal laws 8 USC 1611 & 8 USC 1621.

Compliance is not an option, is not up to the whims of in-house legal counsel or lack of willingness or ability to read and understand the law by anyone elected or appointed to manage the agency – be it a local government or a college or university. Or a TV news reporter.

Let me put it a different way. Not doing exactly what is outlined in the GSICA is…illegal.

The quite lengthy blog below is meant to serve as a resource for the reader to use in understanding the fact that GSICA - essentially a state law passed saying that in Georgia we must obey federal immigration and employment laws - is and has been since it went into effect on July 1, 2009 - ignored by virtually everyone required to obey and enforce that legislation.

WARNING: As a taxpaying citizen, do not attempt to ignore any laws yourself. The same officials who allow violation of immigration, Public Benefit and employment laws take a dim view of ordinary citizens choosing which laws to obey.

Our little story starts when a local TV station in Atlanta ran a news story in mid-July, 2009 about the fact that West Georgia Technical College (WGTC)in Carrollton, Georgia is providing English as a second Language (ESL) classes to “immigrantsâ€