Hall County Georgia begins 287 (g)…open borders lobby whines: Situation normal
Break the law. Get sent home.
Gainesville Times – Gainesville,GA,USA
Jerry Gonzalez, director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, has been a vocal critic of 287(g) in Cobb County, where Sheriff Neil Warren instituted the program in July. Since that time, 1,357 inmates have had deportation proceedings started against them, and ICE has taken custody of 748 illegal immigrants.
This year, Hall, Whitfield and Oconee counties are instituting the program. Deputies from each agency graduate from their five weeks of training on Monday.
Gonzalez said the enforcement program has led to an exodus of workers in Cobb, citing a drastic drop in school enrollment rates for Latinos and apartment occupancy rates that dipped from 90 percent to 75 percent in two weeks.
DA King, a Marietta activist and outspoken critic of illegal immigration, agrees that people are moving out of Cobb as a result of 287(g). … HERE.