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Overview: This bill would restrict eligibility for film, TV and video game productions seeking a tax credit in the state of Georgia. Under current law, productions have to spend at least $500,000 ...
Georgia’s GOP-controlled legislature has advanced an immigration enforcement bill as Republican lawmakers nationwide continue to call for stricter policies in the wake of nursing student Laken ...
Under the measure, local law enforcement agencies would risk losing state funding for failing to work with immigration officials. Jose Ibarra was arrested last month on murder and assault charges ...
FILE - Rep. Jesse Petrea (R-Savnnah) on the Georgia General Assembly House floor. House Bill 1105, authored by Petrea, passed the state House on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
Georgia House Bill 87 (official title: Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011; abbreviated HB 87) is an anti-illegal immigration act passed by the Georgia General Assembly on April 14, 2011, and signed into law by Georgia governor Nathan Deal on May 13, 2011. [1] It took effect on July 1 of that year. [2]
The measure signed Wednesday, HB 1105, requires local and state law officials to verify the immigration status of those over the age of 18 who have been arrested, those in detention or those who ...
ICE provides the officers with authorization to identify, process, and—when appropriate—detain immigration offenders they encounter during their regular, daily law-enforcement activity. Section 287(g), codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g) , was added by section 133 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 .
When public officials, including police, become involved in immigration enforcement, law enforcement is then compromised. The question then becomes whether or not the state and local police have been awarded inherent constitutional authority authorizing the arrest of immigrants who are in violation of federal immigration law. [4]