Immigration Enforcement

Tracking the impact of immigration enforcement on Metro Atlanta communities.

 “No more discussion about ICE will be permitted”

Inside the Dekalb County School Middle School advisory meeting that shut down concerns over ICE

Latest in Immigration Enforcement
“There’s three people that are free”: More than 3 months since the Hyundai raid, immigrant rights group secures release of workers

Still, legal support is needed to support several of the workers who are detained at the Folkston ICE Processing Center.

“I like the lifestyle we had”: Following an ICE detention and voluntary departure, an Atlanta couple spends the holidays apart

Arrested earlier this year during a routine traffic stop, Jorge realized that the best way to stay in the U.S. was to leave it—at least temporarily. Now he and Adalina are looking for a way to get him back.

Press-freedom advocates sound the alarm over Yaacub Vijandre, stuck for nearly two months in ICE custody in Georgia

The Filipino photographer and activist, who'd documented pro-Palestine rallies in Texas, was a DACA recipient. The government informed him of its decision to revoke his status two weeks before arresting him.

 Some wins for immigrant survivors of violence, despite slowdown in U visas

“I knew I could do better. It was just the one thing that was lacking for me to go further: my immigration status,” one survivor said.

“It’s happening to everyone, to all Afghan immigrants and refugees here”

As immigration restrictions mount, life goes on in metro Atlanta’s Afghan community, despite existential anxieties.

“Miracles do happen”

After eight months in ICE custody, Alma Bowman is released and reunited with her family and friends

Detained in Georgia: Georgia’s immigration detention system and the people it affects

The latest series from 285 South's media partner WABE

“The birds are flying free”: Pain and healing at an ofrenda for Dia De Los Muertos

At Oakland Cemetery on Sunday, a remembrance of those who died while in ICE custody

“Every time I don’t hear from him, I panic. I think the worst,” says Adalina, whose husband is in immigration detention

With Jorge incarcerated following a routine traffic stop, Adalina still needs to make ends meet.