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Illegal immigration a focus of Georgia GOP governor’s race

In this 2017 file photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE agents stand outside a home in Atlanta during a targeted enforcement operation aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminals living in the country illegally. With seven Georgia Republicans jockeying for their party’s nomination, illegal immigration is one thing that the leading candidates are largely in agreement on: the state may have some of the toughest laws targeting illegal immigration. - photo by Associated Press

04022018 ELECTION — In this 2017 file photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE agents stand outside a home in Atlanta during a targeted enforcement operation aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminals living in the country illegally. With seven Georgia Republicans jockeying for their party’s nomination, illegal immigration is one thing that the leading candidates are largely in agreement on: the state may have some of the toughest laws targeting illegal immigration. - photo by Associated Press

ATLANTA — During a recent Georgia GOP gubernatorial forum, moderators never brought up the topic of illegal immigration, but that didn’t stop Secretary of State Brian Kemp from referring to “criminal illegal aliens” four times while on stage.