Outside of Georgia, school districts in states like Colorado and Connecticut have issued guidance in case of unexpected visits from ICE. A notice from the school superintendent in Bridgeport, Connecticut, outlines how schools should respond to agents arriving on campus.
The president is likely to sign the Laken Riley Act as an addition to a raft of anti-immigrant executive orders he has implemented during his first days in office.
A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.
Local officials do not expect Greene County to draw the attention of federal investigators looking for migrants illegally in the U.S., as President Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] can now enter schools and places of worship to conduct arrests of illegal migrants.
The ‘Laken Riley Act’ is named after the 22-year-old student who was killed on the University of Georgia campus by Venezuelan migrant José Antonio Ibarra last February. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
The U.S. Senate will vote on the Laken Riley Act on Monday with support from at least one Georgia Democrat.
The locations expected to be targeted by deportation teams from ICE include those with large populations of immigrants, one source said.
Trump campaigned largely on the issue of immigration, promising to carry out mass deportations of roughly 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S.
The House voted 263 to 156 to approve the Laken Riley act, sending the measure to Trump for his signature. The measure would make it easier for federal immigration officials to detain and deport those without legal status who are charged with specific crimes.
Local law enforcement in Chattanooga and Hamilton County said there was no evidence of the gang, Tren de Aragua, operating in the area.