Georgia, federal immigration

Georgia municipalities not enforcing immigration could have sovereign immunity waived
Some Georgia lawmakers are pushing to penalize local governments that fail to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
Trump is signing up local law officers to help with immigration enforcement
Republican lawmakers in about dozen states are advancing proposals that could aid President Donald Trump's deportation efforts.
Georgia Senate bill removes lawsuit protections for officials on immigration law
GA Senate bill could expose local officials to lawsuits over immigration enforcement, despite no known violations of state law.
Georgia Senate targets local governments over immigration enforcement
While no local government has violated state law and refused to cooperate with immigration authorities, SB 21 would give existing laws "teeth" sponsor said.
Georgia Senate passes bill to take lawsuit immunity away from so-called sanctuary cities
Georgia Senate SB 21. opens up 'sanctuary city' government officials, employees to lawsuits crimes by immigrants without full legal status.
Georgia State Senate advances bill tossing out legal immunity for 'sanctuary cities'
The Georgia State Senate passed Republican-backed legislation Thursday that would take away legal protections from local governments, agencies, departments and their employees that don’t follow immigration laws.
Macon Telegraph on MSN4d
Rules of collaboration emerge between ICE and GA’s keepers of the peace: county sheriffs
Georgia sheriffs follow state immigration law but say jails lack space for long-term ICE detentions or large-scale ...
Bipartisan ‘Guest Worker’ bill filed to have immigrants work in GA, resolve labor shortages
The bill is intended to fill positions in areas with labor shortages by hiring “willing citizens of other nations to perform ...
WABE7d
Laken Riley Act implementation in Georgia and the US could be hampered by cost
The federal Laken Riley Act expands the scope of crimes that could place a person living in the U.S. without legal status in ...
Macon Telegraph on MSN10d
Macon residents reacting to fear of immigration crackdowns. ‘They’d just rather stay at home’
The harsh realities of immigration enforcement under the Trump administration resonate deeply in Macon-Bibb, as the number of ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution2d
For many immigrants arrested by ICE, the next stop is rural Georgia
South Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center is holding many of the immigrants newly arrested under Trump and is running out of space.
Undocumented immigrant convicted of DUI arrested by ICE in northeast GA
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Guatemalan man after he entered the United States illegally ...
ICE removes Lee County inmates amid intensified immigration enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have ramped up enforcement efforts at the Lee County Detention Facility, ...
Apparent immigration arrests raise concern, questions in Durham neighborhood
Trump made illegal immigration a top issue during the campaign and has promised to purge the country of millions of immigrants who are in the U.S. without proper authorization. Critics say the ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press12d
How immigration enforcement has changed under Trump, in Tennessee and beyond
Recently, an ankle monitor began beeping in a Georgia church, local media reported, prompting a Honduran man seeking asylum in the U.S. to step outside, where immigration enforcement agents arrested ...