Georgia officers and officials learn to check legal status and trained to deport
From the AJC:
Driver's license bureaus and Georgia roads are becoming riskier places for illegal immigrants.
About two dozen driver's license investigators, state troopers and GBI agents have completed federal training to determine a suspect's legal status in the United States and, if necessary, start deportation proceedings.
Until now, the Cobb County Sheriff's Office has been the only police agency in Georgia to train with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Cobb began deporting inmates from its jail in July.
The new focus on fake documents is a result of Senate Bill 529, Georgia's crackdown on illegal immigration, and Gov. Sonny Perdue's "Secure ID" initiative.
Driver's license bureaus and Georgia roads are becoming riskier places for illegal immigrants.
About two dozen driver's license investigators, state troopers and GBI agents have completed federal training to determine a suspect's legal status in the United States and, if necessary, start deportation proceedings.
Until now, the Cobb County Sheriff's Office has been the only police agency in Georgia to train with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Cobb began deporting inmates from its jail in July.
The new focus on fake documents is a result of Senate Bill 529, Georgia's crackdown on illegal immigration, and Gov. Sonny Perdue's "Secure ID" initiative.
posted by Sid Cottingham | 8:55 AM
1 Comments:
Our state troopers are so understaffed and underfunded, whether salary, old vehicles and equipment, outdated facilities, that its borderline tragic, and its on both Dem's and Repub's.
We need a bunch more troopers, with newer cars, equipment and facilities, but both parties don't give a damn.
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