In Georgia, there is a bill proposal called Criminal Alien Track and Report Act of 2024 that has passed both House and Senate and now waiting for Governor Kemp to sign it. This would require local jailers to check the immigration status of inmates and work with federal immigration officials instead of sheltering people who are in the country illegally. Local law enforcement agencies would risk losing state funding for failing to work with immigration officials. Local officials could also face misdemeanor charges. The measure gained traction after police accused a Venezuelan man of beating a nursing student to death on the University of Georgia campus. Jose Ibarra was arrested last month on murder and assault charges in the death of 22-year-old Laken Riley. Immigration authorities say Ibarra, 26, unlawfully crossed into the United States in 2022.