Georgia bill would bar work comp benefits for illegal immigrants

ATLANTA—State senators in Georgia filed legislation Monday that would ban illegal immigrants from receiving workers compensation benefits.

Sen. Bill Heath, R-Bremen, along with several other senators, sponsored S.B. 7.

The bill says it would amend Georgia law “relating to general provisions relative to workers compensation, so as to provide that benefits…shall not be paid to noncitizens who are not employed legally; to provide that such payments shall not be made unless the noncitizen is present in this country legally at the time such payments are made.”