Immigration Enforcement

Tracking the impact of immigration enforcement on Metro Atlanta communities.

After no DHS response, Georgia lawmakers advocate for double amputee’s release from immigration detention

*This story was first published by our media partner WABE. The family of a Loganville man and Georgia state lawmakers hand-delivered a letter to immigration officials in Atlanta on Thursday, […]

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Atlanta advocates demand: “Get ICE out of Home Depot now”

As popular spots for immigrant day laborers to find work, Home Depot locations across the country have been repeated targets of ICE raids. Now advocates are pressuring the Atlanta-based company—an official sponsor of the upcoming World Cup—to take a stand.

Woman who assisted in federal abuse investigation, arrested at Atlanta airport and deported days later

“A slap in the face,” her attorney says describing her client’s situation, who had a pending U-visa application

A Rohingya man in New York died under mysterious circumstances— his relatives in Georgia are grappling with the loss

Federal immigration officers left Nurul Amin Shah Alam outside a closed coffee shop in harsh winter weather— days later he was found dead. He was getting ready to move to Georgia, says his niece in Stone Mountain.

“Our family was destroyed. We’re piecing it back together,” says Adalina, whose husband was deported to Peru

After months apart, a metro Atlanta resident decides to leave the U.S., apply for Peruvian citizenship and join her husband in Peru—at least until a new administration takes office. As she prepares to leave the U.S., she is finding support in her Atlanta friends and community.

“I love this country (…) and I just ask to be treated fairly,” says Rodney Taylor from Stewart Detention Center where he is facing deportation

Gwinnett county resident and double amputee issued travel documents signaling imminent removal to Liberia, as his health continues to deteriorate.

Rodney Taylor struggles to use his wheelchair and prosthetic legs as health deteriorates in immigration detention, says family

Advocates and family members of Gwinnett County resident held at Stewart Detention Center, travel to Washington D.C. to raise the alarm on his case.

Locals from heavily-Republican Social Circle share why they’re against Trump’s ICE mega detention center
For this 17-year-old high school student, the fight to stop ICE is not just political—it’s personal

A few dozen students gathered at a Lawrenceville park on Friday, determined to keep the protests going.

ICE opens satellite field office south of Atlanta