1,100 Georgia Sworn Officers training to record illegal immigrants

Dave Williams
| Capitol Beat News Service

All 1,100 jury from the Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) receive training of US immigration and customs authorities (ICE) to identify and promote illegal immigrants that are considered to be a risk of public security, Governor Brian Kemp said on Monday.

The DPS Commissioner Billy Hitchens has monitored the ICE to submit a memorandum of contetum application to the US Ministry of Homeland.

“We take the security of Georgians and travelers very seriously in this state,” said Hitchens on Monday. “This training and cooperation between agencies increases our ability to protect our communities.”

The 287 (G) program, which was approved by the law on the illegal reform and the law on immigrant responsibility of 1996, enables ICE to delegate the authority to act under the instruction and supervision of the Federal Authority.

In addition, an executive regulation issued by President Donald Trump requires ICE use the program in cooperation with state and local law enforcement authorities.

The DPS is not the first state agency to participate in the program. The Georgia Department of Corrections has a long -term agreement with ICE about enforcing the 287 (G) program within state prisons.

Last week ICE asked the correctional authority by two additional prison officers to help the deportation of illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in addition to the Sergeant and three prison officers who have already taken part in the program.

While the Trump administration claims the illegal immigrants who have deported them, lawyers who have deported some of the deportees say that the only crime of its clients is illegal in the United States, which is more of a civilian violation than a crime in the law.