Georgia Immigration Bill Would Deny Foreign Passports As Acceptable ID

[WSJ Law Blog]

Lawmakers in Georgia are considering a bill that would remove foreign passports from a list of acceptable identification documents that government agencies can accept.



The bill would also bar undocumented immigrants from the state’s public colleges, universities and technical schools, Fox News Latino noted.

Following Arizona’s strict immigration law – which will be the subject of Supreme Court hearing later this year – Georgia passed a similar law in 2011, giving wide powers to police to investigate the immigration status of undocumented immigrants.

As Law Blog noted, a federal judge blocked parts of the Georgia law last summer. The most controversial parts of the law, including the requirement that law enforcement check the immigration status of suspects who can’t produce identification, and another provision that would punish those who intentionally transport or house someone in the country illegally, were among those blocked.

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