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Senate bill sets to reward municipalities who seek out criminal illegal immigrants
February 8, 2010,
Ernie Suggs

Local governments that use established governmental programs to find and identify criminal illegal immigrants would be given monetary incentives under a newly-proposed senate bill.

Sen. John Wiles (R-Kennesaw) today introduced SB 385, which would reward governments for using U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Section 287(g) and Secured Communities programs so that criminal illegal aliens are identified and turned over to the proper authorities.

“Many people from other nations move to the U.S. and Georgia and become law-abiding American citizens to find a better life for their families. Unfortunately, there are some that choose to circumvent our laws,” said Wiles. “There is a growing concern that many criminal illegal aliens are not being identified because local governments do not participate in these important programs. I want to help the local jail systems participate in these federal programs so that criminals are transferred to the federal government for

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