{"id":3124,"date":"2010-03-24T20:01:55","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T01:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2010-03-24T20:02:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T01:02:39","slug":"3124","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/24\/3124\/","title":{"rendered":"SB 385: Georgia counties to get extra money for turning in illegals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Counties to get extra money for turning in illegals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Atlanta Journal Constitution<\/em> (blog)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Under a contentious bill that passed the Senate Wednesday, state and local governments can earn monetary bonuses from the state by quickly turning criminal illegal immigrants over to federal authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, SB 385, passed 37-11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill is a shot in the arm for our local governments and sheriffs who are on the front lines of this pressing issue everyday,\u201d said Lt. Governor Casey Cagle. \u201cThe status quo is not acceptable and this bill will bring Georgia one step closer to the reform we need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Local governments that use the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Section 287(g) and Secured Communities programs would qualify for a 20 percent bonus for using the ICE 287(g) program and a 10 percent bonus for participating in the Secured Communities program, which identifies and removes criminal immigrants from the country.<\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s sponsor, Sen. John Wiles (R-Kennesaw) said the legislation would help relieve monetary burdens from local governments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorgia welcomes anyone who wants to be a law-abiding citizen to make a better life for themselves and their family,\u201d Wiles said. \u201cFor those who choose to break the law, they must suffer the consequences.\u201d&#8230;  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>     <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/gold-dome-live\/2010\/03\/24\/counties-to-get-extra-money-for-turning-in-illegals\/?cxntfid=blogs_gold_dome_live\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counties to get extra money for turning in illegals Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) Under a contentious bill that passed the Senate Wednesday, state and local governments can earn monetary bonuses from the state by quickly turning criminal illegal immigrants over to federal authorities. The bill, SB 385, passed 37-11. \u201cThis bill is a shot in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124"}],"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=3124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}