Georgia Lawmakers Pass Immigration Law

The legislation would give police authority to question suspects about their immigration status. It would also require many private employers to check the immigration status of newly hired workers on a federal database called E-Verify. After the debate, both the state Senate and House of Representatives passed the law on illegal immigration in the final hours of their 40-day session.Georgia Governor has not said whether he would sign it.He supported E-Verify as a member of the U.S. Congress, said Phil Kent, spokesman for the Virginia-based nonprofit Americans for Immigration Control.