The Georgia state House approved a measure that permits the arrest of those suspected of being in the United States unlawfully. The state House approved House Bill 1105 by a vote of 97-74, granting police the authority to arrest those suspected of being in the U.S. illegally based on probable cause and hold them for deportation.
The bill follows the murder of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley in Athens, Georgia. Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan national, is the suspect in her killing. Authorities claim he entered the U.S. illegally in 2022.
Ibarra was apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) but was subsequently released for further processing. He was detained in New York for behaving in a way that harmed a kid, but was released before ICE could request local police to detain him, as reported by The Associated Press.
Riley's death has caused anger in the community, leading some Republicans to criticize President Biden and Democrats on immigration. Democrats contend that her death should not influence overarching immigration policy.
The measure enacted on Thursday mandates that jailers and sheriffs must notify federal authorities if a someone in their care is discovered to lack legal paperwork. If local governments fail to submit their state funds or state-administered federal assistance, they risk losing it, as reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution when the Act was passed.
Legislation was sponsored by State Rep. Jesse Petrea (R). He said that he had been working on the project for a minimum of one year, but the significance of the measure increased after Riley's passing, as reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Representative Pedro Marin, a Democrat and Georgia's most tenured Latino lawmaker, said that the actions of certain people should not be applied to whole populations. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, he said that the measure aims to encourage racial profiling.
The bill follows the murder of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley in Athens, Georgia. Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan national, is the suspect in her killing. Authorities claim he entered the U.S. illegally in 2022.
Ibarra was apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) but was subsequently released for further processing. He was detained in New York for behaving in a way that harmed a kid, but was released before ICE could request local police to detain him, as reported by The Associated Press.
Riley's death has caused anger in the community, leading some Republicans to criticize President Biden and Democrats on immigration. Democrats contend that her death should not influence overarching immigration policy.
The measure enacted on Thursday mandates that jailers and sheriffs must notify federal authorities if a someone in their care is discovered to lack legal paperwork. If local governments fail to submit their state funds or state-administered federal assistance, they risk losing it, as reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution when the Act was passed.
Legislation was sponsored by State Rep. Jesse Petrea (R). He said that he had been working on the project for a minimum of one year, but the significance of the measure increased after Riley's passing, as reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Representative Pedro Marin, a Democrat and Georgia's most tenured Latino lawmaker, said that the actions of certain people should not be applied to whole populations. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, he said that the measure aims to encourage racial profiling.
