ExploreGeorgia cities, counties in the Feds' list that aim at “Sanctuary Courisdictions”
Shortly after the list was published, many sheriffs and civil servants from all over the country expressed confusion and found that they did not issue protective guidelines for sanctuary.
Backlash also came from the National Sheriffs' Association, which said in an explanation that Sheriffs felt “cheated” by the list and that it was “put together in a way that has no transparency and accountability”.
Published online on May 29, the list was taken by the DHS website until June 1st. However, there are questions what could be seen by the Federal Government as a protective area of the migration background for the six places mentioned in Georgia.
All Georgia jurisdictions mentioned in the list reject the name.
“While Atlanta remains an inviting city, it is known that the law of the state of Georgia has been prohibited 'sanctuary cities' since 2009,” said the mayor of Atlanta, Andre Dickens. The list of the Trump government “Form, fashion or form in no way affects how my administration will maintain and continue to maintain the municipal, state and federal laws.”
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Fulton County published an explanation with a similar feeling.
“Fulton County corresponds to the state and state laws, including the law of Georgia, which prohibits the jurisdiction of the sanctuary,” it said. “Our law enforcement agencies cooperate entirely with the state and state authorities in enforcing the applicable laws. Fulton County also uses the e-verify platform in our attitude and procurement practices.
“We do not know why this name was created and will research paths to reverse this name.”
President Donald Trump had asked for his administration to pay obvious sanctuary communities in April in April, which said that the hindrance of the enforcement of the federal immigration laws was a “lawless uprising”.
The consequences for places called protected areas with a migration background are the suspension or termination of federal grants and contracts.
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Throughout the officials, some of the officials have confused that they agree as a non -complicated communities that are solid republican and government immigration. This was not the case in Georgia where all the cities mentioned voted against Trump from Great Margen.
Nevertheless, officials said that they were not in the way of enforcing immigration. This is illegal in Georgia, which enacted a law in 2009 2009 in which the local governments have banned to become a sanctuary. Subsequent laws at the state level added more teeth to the ban.
In 2024, HB 1105 stated that the Sanctuary guidelines could cost the government financing of governments and to accuse of local officials.
“It seems that the list that appeared briefly online without creating these matters,” said the mayor of Athens-Clarke, Kelly Girtz. He noticed that the district followed the Immigration Act, and the federal government did not inform the district leadership why it was classified as not conformed.
“We are not aware of official criteria that lead to such a name,” added the sheriff of Athen-Clarke John Q. Williams.
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Officials from the Douglas district said that they too are confused how the district ended up on the list.
“To be clear, our government agency did not refer to Douglas County, Georgia, as” sanctuary court “, said Yvette Jones, spokesman for the district.
The Department of Homeland Security announced that it has created its list using factors such as “Compliance with the federal law enforcement authorities, the restrictions on information and legal protection for illegal foreigners”.
The agency did not respond to an investigation by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, in which it was asked to issue the measures in which the cities and counties in Georgia were listed.
At the beginning of this month, the conservative Federation for American immigration reform, which advocates increased border security and limited immigration, released its own list of the Sanctuary jurisdiction.
Although the fair report of Georgia describes as a “anti-sanctary state”, some jurisdiction, including many in Metro Atlanta, were able to undermine the enforcement of immigration.
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In the report of the city of Atlanta, the report stated that in 2024 it was one of those who did not work with inquiries to keep occupants with immigrants longer so that they can be included by immigration and customs authorities.
In 2018, at a time when the family separation policy of the first Trump government carried out widespread controversy, the leadership of Atlanta applied to prevent the ICE prisoners from holding on to the city prison, and ended an agreement with the Federal Government, which can be traced back by 2010.
