Five Georgia sheriff’s offices have signed up for a controversial federal program, known as 287g, which allows local law enforcement officers to perform some of the functions of immigration agents, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
If and when those partnerships are approved, they will result in more intense immigration enforcement and a higher risk of deportation for unauthorized immigrants living in or passing through Monroe, Montgomery, Murray, Spalding and Walker counties, covering territory to the north and south of Atlanta.
The state corrections department and sheriff’s offices in Floyd, Hall, Oconee, Polk and Whitfield counties all have current 287g agreements dating to the first Trump administration.
