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    Perdue, Taylor get tough on crime in Georgia

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    Posted on Wed, Sep. 06, 2006

    Perdue, Taylor get tough on crime

    SHANNON McCAFFREY
    Associated Press

    ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue on Wednesday said that the federal government's failure to act on illegal immigration means that Georgia will begin its own crackdown, hiring new investigators to scour drivers services centers for fraudulent documents.

    Meanwhile, Perdue's Democratic opponent, Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, took to the airwaves for the first time since he won the Democratic primary in July with a pair of advertisements promoting his own tough-on-crime proposal: a constitutional amendment to abolish parole for violent criminals in Georgia.

    With just two months to go before election day, the tempo has suddenly quickened in the governor's race.

    Perdue unveiled a $1 million "Georgia Secure ID" initiative at a Department of Drivers Services center near the state Capitol in Atlanta.

    Surrounded by state and federal law enforcement officials, the Republican governor said 10 new investigators will be placed at drivers services centers in Georgia believed to be at the highest risk for receiving forged documents. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation will also hire three new investigators to assist with follow-up investigations.

    Perdue called fraudulent IDs "a serious threat to homeland security." He complained that Congress, led by Republicans, is ducking the illegal immigration problem.

    "It looks like we're going to be forced to fight this battle at the state front with limited resources and limited jurisdiction," Perdue said Wednesday.

    Immigration has become a central theme in Perdue's bid for re-election this fall. Earlier this year Perdue signed into law a sweeping immigration bill that is set to take effect next year. He also recently visited Georgia National Guard troops who have been stationed at the Southern Border with Mexico.

    A recent study by the Department of Homeland Security found that Georgia had the fastest growing illegal immigrant population in the nation.

    Seizing on that report, Taylor spokesman Rick Dent on Wednesday called the governor's plan "way too little way too late."

    "Sonny Perdue had four years to do something about illegal immigration and now we lead the nation in the number of illegal immigrants, percentage wise, coming to Georgia," Dent said.

    Taylor's new crime proposal would end parole for 19 violent crimes, including attempted rape and child molestation.

    Taylor said that the state Board of Pardons and Paroles changed a policy that required criminals convicted of certain violent crimes to serve at least 90 percent of their sentences. Some are now eligible for parole before they have served even two-thirds of their sentences.

    The state board has estimated that the cost of implementing such a change is between $25 and $60 million a year. The Taylor campaign said they believed that estimate was high but did not have a precise price tag for the plan.

    "I believe child molesters should serve 100 percent of their sentences," Taylor said in a statement. "I believe robbers should serve 100 percent of their sentences, and I believe those who attempt rape and murder should serve every day of their sentences."

    The Perdue camp pointed out that as a state senator, Perdue had proposed a nearly identical proposal in 1997.

    "He's just full of great ideas," Perdue quipped on Wednesday.

    He urged reporters to conduct a Google Internet search of the words "abolish parole." The fourth listing returned is a reference to Perdue from a 1998 PBS Newshour segment.

    Dent replied that while Perdue had pushed the tough parole measure he never succeeded in getting it signed into law.

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    http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledg ... 452134.htm

    Posted on Wed, Sep. 06, 2006

    Perdue proposes crackdown on illegal immigrant document fraud

    SHANNON McCAFFREY
    Associated Press

    ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue on Wednesday said that with the federal government failing to act on illegal immigration, the state will begin its own crackdown on document fraud.

    Perdue said 10 new investigators will be placed at those drivers services centers in Georgia believed to be at the highest risk for receiving forged documents. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation will also hire three new investigators to assist with follow-up investigations.

    Surrounded by state and federal law enforcement officials, Perdue called fraudulent IDs "a serious threat to homeland security."

    He complained that Congress has failed to act on illegal immigration.

    "It looks like we're going to be forced to fight this battle at the front with limited resources and limited jurisdiction," Perdue said.

    Immigration has become a central theme in Perdue's bid for re-election this fall. The state Republican Party recently ran a television ad praising him for leadership on the issue.

    Earlier this year Perdue signed into law a sweeping immigration bill that is set to take effect next year. He also recently visited Georgia National Guard troops who have been stationed at the Southern Border with Mexico.
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