Georgia Senate committee narrowly passes immigration measure

House Bill 1105, if passed by the state Senate and signed into law, would require Georgia law enforcement agencies to comply with so-called ICE detainers – requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold suspected undocumented migrants for up to 48 hours hold on for a long time. That's something some agencies, including the Clarke County Sheriff's Office, don't do. At a Senate Public Safety Committee hearing Thursday, Laura Rivera, a staff attorney at Just Futures Law, said the bill raises constitutional questions. “This order to jail every person...