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Georgia and "Sanctuary Cities:" Facts Are A Good Place To Start

It did not take long for the anti-immigration movement to latch onto the tragedy in San Francisco.   A Georgia legislator, announced  he would go all in on "enhancing" his misguided campaign on immigration "enforcement" in the next legislative session.  Senator Josh McKoon ,  a young,solo lawyer  in Columbus, trying make   a name for himself in Georgia politics (remember Chip Rogers ) , is the newest Georgia politician to associate with the shrinking numbers who support harmful anti-immigrant policies .  McKoon held a  press conference  surrounded by three of his supporters and announced that he was going to expand SB 6 ( his bill to needlessly and unconstitutionally take driver's licenses away from DACA students ) to include the following gems: Keep the original language to deny drivers licenses to DACA recipients ( likely  unconstitutional); Clarify the definition of a " sanctuary ” governments and policies; Establish sanctions...