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Ga. wants full court hearing on immigration law
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ATLANTA — The state of Georgia has asked a full federal appeals court to reconsider a decision on the state’s tough law targeting illegal immigration. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month left in place a lower court injunction that blocks part of Georgia’s law making it illegal for someone to knowingly harbor or transport an illegal immigrant during the commission of a crime. The panel also ruled last month that a part of the law that authorizes law enforcement to verify the immigration status of criminal suspects who fail to produce proper identification should be allowed to go into effect.