Cherokee County [GA] to Verify Business License Applicants
Cherokee County in north metro Atlanta will join the few but growing number of Georgia counties and cities who verify the immigration status of applicants for business licenses, in compliance with the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act (formerly Senate Bill 529), which has been in effect for almost two years.
The act requires local governments that administer public benefits to collect an affidavit from applicants affirming their citizenship or lawful alien status and use the federal SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) database to verify the immigration status of alien applicants.
My home county of Gwinnett (east metro Atlanta) recent began verification, but not a single one of Gwinnett’s dozen or so municipalities have moved to comply with the state law.
Categories: Gwinnett Stuff, Invading Illegals, Politics & Government Tags: cherokee county, georgia, Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act, gwinnett county, SAVE Act, senate bill 529, Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlement
Gwinnett’s Immigration Enforcement Leaves Much to be Desired
Gwinnett County recently announced that it would comply with a 15-month-old state law that requires it to verify the citizenship status of applicants for a new business license or renewal. But the county’s strict interpretation of the law creates a loophole large enough for an illegal alien to crawl through.
Commission Chairman Charles Bannister knows this. He also knows that there is a more effective enforcement tool available to the county, yet he has refused to use it.
Categories: E-Verify, Gwinnett Stuff, Invading Illegals, Politics & Government Tags: 287(g), E-Verify, Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act, gwinnett county, senate bill 529, Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlement
Gwinnett Cities, County Ignore State Immigration Law
Almost 18 months after Georgia enacted one of the toughest illegal immigration laws in the nation, neither the county nor a single Gwinnett city has fully complied with the new requirements regarding eligibility for public benefits.
S.B. 529, enacted as the “Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act,” went into effect on July 1, 2007. The law requires any employer doing business with a state or local government to verify the eligibility of their new employees through the federal E-Verify system. It also defines several new crimes including trafficking a person for labor servitude, as well as requires jails and prisons to determine the legal status of all arrestees.
But it is the provision regarding eligibility for public benefits that Gwinnett’s cities and county government continue to ignore. Read more…
