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Georgia Senate resolution calls for policy changes


FILE - Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Georgia Republican senators on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, passed a resolution that supports Texas Gov. Greg Abbot's immigration policies.

Citing a “national crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border, Georgia Senate Republicans took an unequivocal stance on immigration reform: build the wall. 

Senate Resolution 543, which passed in a 31-15 vote, explicitly ties federal immigration policies to a rise in fentanyl smuggling, despite federal data indicating that nearly 90% of people arrested on fentanyl trafficking charges are U.S. citizens.  

The resolution, which was authored by state Sen. Steve Gooch (R-Dahlonega), also cements Georgia’s support for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration policies, and calls for the federal government to reinstate two Trump-era immigration reforms that have since been overturned. 

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