[Vision2020] Racism Enshrined in Arizona Law - The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act

[Wayne Price]

No one has raised an eyebrow about this one and it appears to me to  
have been on the books for several years now.


July 5, 2006
The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act outlined

Posted by D.A. King at 3:25 pm [Email the author] [Print This Article]  
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Activists, legislators and many people in the media from around the  
nation have been contacting us with questions about The Georgia  
Security and Immigration Compliance Act, authored by Georgia state  
Senator Chip Rogers and signed into law April 17, 2006.

To make it easier to access information on the Georgia law [SB 529],  
we happily offer an outline of the law, written by Senator Rogers. I  
have added hyperlinks to educate the reader.

The text of the law can be read here.

Section 1 of the bill establishes that the Georgia Security and  
Immigration Compliance Act shall be construed to conform to federal  
immigration law.

Section 2 ( Basic Pilot Program - now called E-VERIFY -) [ALSO SEE  
HERE] provides that on or after July 1, 2007, all public employers and  
those working on public contracts must begin to register and  
participate in the federal work authorization program. This program is  
operated by the Department of Homeland Security and verifies the legal  
status of a person to be employed in the United States.

Section 3 states that any person convicted of trafficking a person for  
labor or sexual servitude shall be found guilty of a felony and  
required to serve a prison sentence of at least one and no more than  
20 years. Any person convicted of the same offense, however the victim  
is a minor, shall serve a prison sentence of at least 10 and no more  
than 20 years.

Section 4 (287 (g) Program) provides that the Georgia Commissioner of  
Public Safety must establish a “memorandum of understanding” between  
the state , U.S. Dept. of Justice or Homeland Security concerning the  
enforcement of immigration laws. Certain police officers shall be  
trained in accordance with the “memorandum of understanding” and shall  
be authorized to enforce federal immigration and custom laws.

Section 5 (Law Enforcement Support Center) provides that an officer  
must make a reasonable effort to determine the nationality of any  
person charged and arrested for a felony or DUI. If the prisoner is a  
foreign national, the officer must verify their ” lawful [immigration]  
status “> either through documents in possession of the prisoner or a  
query to the Law Enforcement Support Center. If it is found that the  
prisoner is not lawfully present in the U.S., the arresting officer or  
officer in charge shall notify the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security.

Section 6 establishes the “Registration of Immigration Assistance  
Act.” This Act specifies exactly what actions a person who is not an  
attorney can take in assisting illegal immigrants with gaining legal  
status. Apparently, people are claiming that they can assist illegal  
immigrants in becoming legal citizens and charging people fees for  
legal assistance and advice, however they have no authority to give  
such assistance or advice. Any person convicted of violating this  
section may be fined up to $1,000.00 per violation.

Section 7 provides that after January 1, 2008 no compensation over  
$600.00 per year for labor services to a person who has not been  
verified to legally work in the U.S. can be claimed as a deductible  
business expense for state income taxes, regardless if the individual  
is issued a IRS 1099 Form. The Georgia Commissioner of Revenue is  
authorized to create forms to be used in order to verify the legal  
status of an employee.

Section 8 (ITIN) states that a withholding agent is required to  
withhold 6% state income tax of an individual using an Individual  
Taxpayer Identification Number whose wages are reported on a 1099 Form.

Section 9 (SAVE Program) states that any applicant
for federaL or state and local public benefits, who is 18 years or  
older, must execute an affidavit that he or she is a citizen or  
lawfully present in the U.S. For any applicant that has indicated that  
they are an alien lawfully present in the U.S., the agency must verify  
that person’s status through the Systematic Alien Verification of  
Entitlement Federal program. Any person who knowingly provides false  
information on this affidavit shall be guilty of a felony and upon  
conviction, pay a fine of no more than $1,000.00 or be sentenced to  
imprisonment of no more than one year. Exceptions for this  
verification process include: federal exceptions such as emergency  
care, assistance for immunizations with respect to immunizable and  
communicable diseases, soup kitchens, and pre-natal care.
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