The Department of Justice has removed all Georgia localities from its list of sanctuary jurisdictions.
In May, the DOJ released a list of more than 500 places across the country that it considered a sanctuary jurisdiction. Georgia had six locations on the list: the cities of Atlanta and Athens, and the Fulton, DeKalb, Douglas and Athens-Clarke counties. DOJ took the list down days later.
The new list was published at the beginning of the month, with no cities or counties in the state appearing on it.
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