Tuesday, January 05, 2010
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND NEW HIRE REPORTING IN GEORGIA
In "Gwinnett: Immigration Enforcement Working Well" it was reported:
The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department says a program that allows specially trained sheriff's deputies to enforce federal immigration law is working well.
The program began on Nov. 16 when 18 deputies returned from training by federal authorities. The sheriff's department says 62 percent of the foreign-born population in the county jail has been found to be in the country illegally.
Deputies have placed immigration detainers on 286 inmates. The charges against them include aggravated assault, rape, child molestation, DUI, robbery, sex crimes and trafficking.
The program is called 287(g) after the section of immigration law that governs it. It has been championed by illegal immigration foes and decried by immigrant rights and civil liberties groups (emphasis added).
Lest there be confusion on the subject, we remind our readers that our primary focus is parents' rights, not immigration, illegal or otherwise. However, we note that Georgia created a New Hire Reporting Program as required by Federal Law. If Gwinnett County employers are complying with the New Hire Reporting Laws, then illegal employees should be identified before they commit rapes, engage in child molestation, or engage in trafficking.
The fact that 62% of the foreign-born detainees in Gwinnett County are illegal immigrants suggests that the State of Georgia is not either enforcing or monitoring compliance of the New Hire Reporting Laws. This may be one reason that the State of Georgia is collecting only about 55% of the child support that is supposed to be paid through the Court. And while Georgia's child support collection rate is far superior to that of many other States, this fact probably provides little comfort to the custodial parents and guardians who are collectively owed more that $2.6 Billion in the State of Georgia.
Labels: New Hire Reporting
