Hall County Sheriff Now Extension of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The growing anti-illegal immigration movement is showing increasing effects in Georgia, with growing consequences for illegals arrested for crimes. The Hall County Sheriff’s Department has finally implemented a new program which will allow deputies to initiate deportation proceedings against illegals in custody. Hall County deputies have undergone a Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) training course. Section 287(g) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act authorizes the secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security , pursuant to a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies, permitting designated officers to perform immigration law enforcement functions. ICE supervises all designated officers in the exercise of immigration enforcement. State and local agencies in more than a dozen states have entered into MOAs. Hall County joins Whitfield County and Cobb County as the only areas in Georgia which have entered into the 287(g) program so far.
