Georgia House Adopts Bill Authorizing Arrest of Those Suspected of Living in The Country Illegally!
CNS News– A bill was passed by the Georgia State House that lets anyone who is thought to be in the US illegally be arrested. House Bill 1105 was passed by a vote of 97 to 74 in favor of the bill. It would allow police to arrest and detain anyone with reasonable cause who is thought to be in the U.S. illegally.
The bill was made after Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, was killed in Athens, Georgia. The person police think killed her is Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan citizen who they say came to the U.S. illegally in 2022. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) held Ibarra but later let him go so they could do more work on him.
Later, he was caught in New York and charged with acting in a way that could hurt a child. However, he was freed before ICE could ask the local police to arrest him, according to The Associated Press. People in the community are very angry about Riley’s death, and some Republicans have used it to criticize President Biden and Democrats on immigration.
Democrats say that her death shouldn’t change immigrant policy in general. The bill, which was passed Thursday, would force jailers and sheriffs to tell the federal government when they find someone in their care who does not have the right paperwork. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution was the first to report that the bill had been passed.
A bill passed by the Georgia House would allow police to arrest anyone, just on the mere suspicion, of being in the country illegally, is raising concern among immigrants as we reported earlier on @cnn with @OmarJimenez.https://t.co/FnXuGBtytJ
— Rafael Romo (@RafaelRomoCNN) March 2, 2024
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If local governments don’t report it, they could lose state funding or federal funding managed by the state. The bill was backed by Republican State Rep. Jesse Petrea. He said he worked on the project for at least a year, but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said the bill became more important after Riley’s death.
Rep. Pedro Marin (D), Georgia’s Latino lawmaker with the most years of service, said that the acts of a few people shouldn’t be used to judge whole groups. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said that he said the bill is an effort to encourage racial profiling.