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“ICE team will come and get you”: Fake text messages threaten members of Atlanta’s Latino community with deportation

Since the presidential election, menacing messages, bogus flyers, and threats to schoolchildren are on the rise—in the Atlanta metro area and around the country. 

‘What folks want America to be’: Immigrants in Atlanta react with fear and ambivalence to Trump’s historic reelection

The former president campaigned on anti-immigrant promises—but his opponent alienated Muslim and Arab voters with her stance on Gaza. For many, it was a complicated choice.

With no end to the Gaza war in sight, many of Georgia’s Muslim voters—and their allies—aren’t sure what to do

“Prior to this, I was solidly Democrat . . . I don’t know what’s the right thing to do. I’m greatly disheartened. It’s painful.”

One year after October 7, Emory students honor lives lost in Palestine

This spring, student protests over the war in Gaza were met with police violence. Tuesday night’s vigil was more peaceful.