Tough illegal immigration law ignored Legislature provided no funds for enforcement; municipalities fail to register for program

In 2006, the Georgia legistaure passed a controversial strict immigration law.   CAMERON McWHIRTER, MARY LOU PICKEL The Atlanta Journal-Constitution report that “the provision has amounted to less than proponents hoped and critics feared. No one in state government is enforcing the law. No one at the state level has checked to see whether governments and businesses are complying. And nothing happens to them if they don’t. A year and a half after the law required every government in Georgia to sign up with the federal Homeland Security Department to verify the legal status of new hires, the Georgia Department of Labor has no idea what agencies or governments are complying.”

KJ