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“If we return, we may face death”: Haitian families in the Atlanta area fear losing their legal status in the U.S.

Many immigrants from Haiti are here under Temporary Protected Status, which covers people from countries experiencing violence or disaster—and which the Trump administration has taken aim at.

Grandes multitudes se manifiestan en Buford Highway en apoyo a los in migrantes, mientras otros planean deportactiones

Cientos se reunieron el sábado para protestar contra las políticas antimigrantes de la administración Trump y los recientes arrestos de ICE. Cerca de allí, otros se reunieron con abogados para revisar sus opciones.

Tracking ICE arrests in the metro Atlanta area, and local responses

“Parents don’t want to send their kids to school anymore because school is no longer a safe place," a teacher who works at a public school in the Buford Highway corridor said.

Developing: ICE begins arrests in the Atlanta metro area. Here is what we know.

This story was updated on January 28, 2025.

President Trump expected to sign Laken Riley Act into law, and Latino community members in Athens say they’re “scared” but “trying to live a normal life”

The bill was approved by the Senate on Monday, supported by both Georgia Senators, and now moves on to the House. It authorizes the arrest and detention of undocumented immigrants who have been accused of crime.

“I think we’re going to need all the support that we can get in the next four years”

The returning president has promised mass deportations, expanded workplace raids, and a crackdown on protest. Here’s how some Atlanta-area immigrant-rights groups are getting their communities organized.

“El equipo de ICE vendrá a buscarte”: Mensajes falsos amenazan a miembros de la comunidad latina de Atlanta con deportación

Desde las elecciones presidenciales, mensajes amenazantes, volantes falsos y amenazas a niños en edad escolar han aumentado—en el área metropolitana de Atlanta y en todo el país.

“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.”