Lawmakers have one more day to pass a bill requiring law enforcement to enter partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security to enforce immigration law, a strategy not new to Georgia.
Republican lawmakers want to require jurisdictions to take up more immigration responsibilities, citing both the federal 287g program or Secure Communities, both with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
One part of HB1105 would have ICE deputize local officers to identify, detain and process noncitizens for deportation. Six jurisdictions in Georgia are already in agreements like this, and two counties joined and then left the 287g program.
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