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Title: Immigration Law to Make Impact in Ga.
Source: 11 Alive
URL Source: http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=99444
Published: Jul 1, 2007
Author: AP
Post Date: 2007-07-01 14:57:01 by Zipporah
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Views: 153
Comments: 1

ATLANTA (AP) -- Immigration reform might be dead in Washington, but it's only beginning in Georgia.

Sunday, more than a year after the state legislature passed a sweeping law to keep illegal immigrants out of jobs, away from taxpayer-funded benefits and more easily within the reach of local police, most parts of the legislation will go into effect.

Supporters say Senate Bill 529, as the law is known, only requires local governments to enforce federal immigration law -- for example, verifying that adults applying for non-emergency public benefits are eligible under federal statutes.

Opponents and immigrant rights advocates, however, say the new law will make immigrants -- legal or not -- more afraid of being scrutinized by government officials and law enforcement just because of the way they look or the language they speak.

The bill's sponsor, Republican Senator Chip Rogers of Woodstock, and other supporters have promoted it as a way to reduce Georgia's appeal for illegal immigrants.

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Now that the US Senate has killed a controversial immigration reform bill, the battle shifts back to Georgia.

A new state law takes effect this Sunday. Among other things, it is supposed to stop local governments from hiring illegal workers, and denies most illegal immigrants from receiving state benefits.

The new law was passed over a year ago. But even the bill's author admits that come Monday morning, things won't be much different than they are now.

Compliance, he said, will be gradual -- and there's still a lot of confusion and anxiety among immigrants over what it will mean.

"We've seen a lot of tenants complain that the sales have gone down," said Plaza Fiesta general manager Julio Penaranda.

Penaranda said folks still come to Plaza Fiesta -- they just don't buy as much, because they may be leaving to find work elsewhere.

"A lot of people are now saying, 'look, if they're going to kick us out, we're gonna save our money, and then we'll just take our money back to our home country'," Penaranda said.

But, the new law won't be instantly enforced. For instance, it mandates training for local authorities to catch immigration lawbreakers, and it requires them to check the status of anyone they put in jail.

But DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown said, while his department has ICE agents in its jail, most counties aren't so lucky.

"That may not be the case for some of the smaller sheriff's offices, who have to make a telephone call to immigration from time to time, because they believe they have a foreign national they need to have checked out for some reason," said Brown.

When asked if any state money has come for the county's efforts, Brown replied, "Not yet, at least I have not seen it."

Many counties are not net connected to the new federal verification system, which the new law said they must use to check out new county employees.

"We hope that compliance takes effect overnight," said Rogers. "But we're realistic in believing this might take some time to get everyone on board."

Immigration rights advocates warned local governments risk trouble if they discriminate under the law.

"There's gonna be a slew of litigation as counties, municipalities and state agencies implement this without any guidance from the state whatsoever," said state Sen. Jerry Gonzalez, chairman of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials.

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