Georgia Governor signs Arizona-style immigration bill into law

Gov. Nathan Deal signed one of the nation’s toughest immigration enforcement measures into law,

thrusting Georgia to the forefront of this country's thorny debate over illegal immigration and triggering immediate threats of court challenges.
Georgia is now one of only three states to adopt this type of immigration law as efforts to get comprehensive immigration legislation through Congress have failed. Officials in Arizona and Utah have also enacted tough laws targeting illegal immigration, complaining the federal government has not secured the nation's borders. But federal judges have halted both of those states' laws amid complaints that they are unconstitutional.