Georgia's Legislature gave final ... Jesse Petrea said on the floor Thursday that the bill was asking law enforcement only to work with immigration officials when someone has committed a crime ...

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 ...

The Georgia House of Representatives is considering a bill that would force sheriffs ... of Homeland Security‘s subagency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. HB 1105 would impose penalties ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House Republicans are backing a bill that would require ... jail officials should check with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to determine whether people are ...

Some Georgia senators want to punish cities and counties that they say are illegally harboring immigrants who are in the country without permission by cutting off most state aid to the local ...

Republicans in the Georgia House advanced ... stand firmly against illegal immigration and for the rule of law — and I am proud of the passage of House Bill 1105,” Burns, a Republican from ...

Georgia Senate Bill 21 removes legal protections for cities/counties that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. If local governments adopt sanctuary policies (e.g., schools ...

employees and law enforcement officers, likewise exposing them to the risk of lawsuits. The measure "just adds teeth to Georgia law," said Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, the bill's sponsor.

An uproar over the murder of college student Laken Riley prompted the Georgia legislature to approve a controversial immigration enforcement bill. Supporters say the law is about public safety ...