Posted: 3:13 PM Nov 14, 2009

Deputies finish immigration laws training
Enforcement begins Monday
Starting Monday, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department will begin its limited enforcement of federal immigration laws. The 287(g) program — named after the section of immigration law that governs it — has been in the works in Gwinnett since Sheriff Butch Conway applied for it in March 2008.
Reporter: Heath Hamacher
Email Address: heath.hamacher@gwinnettdailypost.com


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LAWRENCEVILLE — Starting Monday, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department will begin its limited enforcement of federal immigration laws.

The 287(g) program — named after the section of immigration law that governs it — has been in the works in Gwinnett since Sheriff Butch Conway applied for it in March 2008.

Department spokeswoman Stacey Bourbonnais said deputies are returning this weekend from four weeks of training in Charleston, S.C.

“(The training) was related to the federal immigration laws, procedures and rules involved in processing aliens,â€