Roswell has received a payment of $68,514 from the U.S. Department of Justice for costs associated with illegal immigration enforcement.

The grant is to help compensate for the city's expenses for detaining undocumented criminal immigrants who have at least one felony conviction or two misdemeanor convictions and were held for at least four consecutive days.

The funds can be used for correctional purposes only.

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Inventor Lonnie Johnson stands with his Super Soaker water guns at JTEC Energy on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Atlanta. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is currently working on a new energy technology through his company’s JTEC device that turns thermal heat into usable energy. (Natrice Miller/AJC)