Georgia Gov. Kemp Signs Bill Requiring Sheriffs to Enforce Federal Immigration Law

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Georgia Gov. Kemp Signs Bill Requiring Sheriffs to Enforce Federal Immigration Law
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in Atlanta on May 24, 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on May 1 signed into law a number of bills, including tough new immigration enforcement legislation aimed at bolstering public safety.

The Republican governor signed approximately 10 new measures into law that he said would counteract lawlessness, boost recruitment of law enforcement officers, make communities safer, and provide the state’s judicial system with “even tougher tools to bring violent offenders to justice.”

Katabella Roberts
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