Immigration Crackdown: Feds, state lawmakers take different tack on immigration

Feds, state lawmakers take different tack on immigration | ajc.com: "A top federal immigration official for Atlanta said her agency will stick to its priority of deporting violent criminals amid efforts by state lawmakers to crack down on a broader variety of illegal immigrants in Georgia....... 

... the federal government -- which is responsible for detaining and deporting illegal immigrants -- has limited resources and can’t catch all illegal immigrants, said Felicia Skinner, the director for detention and removal operations for the Atlanta field office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

So the agency is focusing on deporting those convicted of violent crimes, including killers, rapists, kidnappers and robbers." Atlanta Journal Constitution