Ga. House Committee Approves Immigration Enforcement Bill

A House panel passed a bill Tuesday originally meant to require law enforcement with immigrant enforcement. The bill passed the Senate last month.

A state House panel approved a bill Tuesday originally intended to require local law enforcement to help with immigration enforcement.

The bill passed out of the full Senate last month, but the House Public Safety and Homeland Security committee took the requirement out for law enforcement, by changing language in the bill from “shall” to “may.”

State Rep. Heath Clark, R-Warner Robins, vice chairman of the committee said there were concerns in the business community about the original bill’s potential effect on people who were in the country legally, citing international executives who might be driving without their visas.