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On Second Thought For Monday, December 5, 2016
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A Georgia lawmaker plans to introduce legislation to discipline universities that declare "sanctuary" status for undocumented immigrants. Emory University’s president says its supports undocumented immigrants, and is reviewing a petition to become a so-called “sanctuary campus.” We talk with professor Elissa Steglich of the University of Texas School of Law's Immigration Clinic. She outlines legal questions surrounding this proposed bill and what makes a school a sanctuary campus.
Then, hundreds of firefighters from all over the country have battled the Rock Mountain Fire in North Georgia. They're winning. It’s increasingly contained. A local Jewish camp opened its doors to these crews as they fought to contain the blaze. GPB's Sean Powers visited the campsite. Also, as part of our “Lessons from Left Field Series,” we learn about a law school class at Emory University that fuses together the law with theatre.
Crime rates in Atlanta are reportedly down by about 30 percent since 2009. Those numbers come from the Atlanta Police Department, who say their methods in recent years have contributed to the drop. But how exactly has the city come this far? And what about other cities in Georgia? We’ll talk crime statistics in Atlanta and across the state with Georgia Bureau of Investigation director Vernon Keenan, Atlanta Police Department assistant chief Shawn Jones, and Georgia State University criminology professor Dean Dabney.