Easy to start blaming a community after illegal immigrant charged with Athens womans murder WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

ATLANTA — The issue of sanctuary cities and immigrants in Georgia has been forced into the spotlight after a nursing student was killed on UGA’s campus last week.

Jose Ibarra, who is not a legal U.S. citizen, has been arrested and charged with killing Laken Riley while she was out for a morning run.

Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Sophia Choi spoke with several Latin Americans who say they are worried about generalizations against their community.

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They say they feel like they are being lumped in with Ibarra and are being looked at as criminals when they’ve done nothing wrong.

Dealing with sanctuary cities and undocumented immigrants became top of mind for Governor Brian Kemp, who is from Athens, after Riley’s murder. Now some Georgians want to know why undocumented immigrants are allowed to live in their communities.

Some residents believe Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz have turned their city into a sanctuary city, even going so …