{"id":10541,"date":"2017-11-16T11:07:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T16:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=10541"},"modified":"2017-11-16T11:07:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T16:07:53","slug":"decaturish-com-state-immigration-board-will-hear-complaint-against-city-of-decatur-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/16\/decaturish-com-state-immigration-board-will-hear-complaint-against-city-of-decatur-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Decaturish.com: State immigration board will hear complaint against city of Decatur in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ierb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ierb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ierb-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ierb-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Decaturish.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>State immigration board will hear complaint against city of Decatur in January<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Mariann Martin, contributor<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s Immigration Enforcement Review Board has decided to move forward with a complaint filed by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle against the city of Decatur.<\/p>\n<p>Cagle filed <a href=\"https:\/\/ltgov.georgia.gov\/sites\/ltgov.georgia.gov\/files\/related_files\/document\/IERB%20Decatur%20Complaint%2011.6.17.pdf\">the complain<\/a>t on Nov. 6. Cagle has accused the city of Decatur of violating state law prohibiting \u201csanctuary cities\u201d because of the city\u2019s decision to put in writing a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.decaturish.com\/2017\/10\/decatur-says-it-is-putting-its-policy-on-cooperation-with-ice-in-writing\/\"> longstanding policy regarding cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>. The city said it does not detain immigrants without a valid warrant from ICE and never has. Officers who violate the policy could face disciplinary action. The city says its policy is not in violation of state law.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s attorney, Bryan Downs, questioned the motives behind the complaint at the Immigration Enforcement Review Board\u2019s Nov. 15 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Downs asked why Cagle filed an immigration complaint against Decatur when other communities in Atlanta have very similar policies, including the city of Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd little city of Decatur, we kind of scratch our heads and are trying to figure that out. Is it just that he is picking on this small city and doesn\u2019t want to go after a bigger city?\u201d Downs said after Wednesday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Downs said he believes Cagle, the leading Republican candidate to replace Gov. Nathan Deal, is doing it for political reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s one minute filing the complaint, and the next minute posting this on his campaign website,\u201d Downs said&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.decaturish.com\/2017\/11\/state-immigration-board-will-hear-complaint-against-city-of-decatur-in-january\/\">READ THE REST HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decaturish.com &nbsp; &nbsp; State immigration board will hear complaint against city of Decatur in January By Mariann Martin, contributor The state\u2019s Immigration Enforcement Review Board has decided to move forward with a complaint filed by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle against the city of Decatur. Cagle filed the complaint on Nov. 6. Cagle has accused the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10541"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10548,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10541\/revisions\/10548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}