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Here are the bills affecting immigrants that passed—or failed—during Georgia’s legislative session
Advocates from Muslim, Latino, and Asian American advocacy organizations help 285 South take stock of this year’s meeting of the Georgia General Assembly.
These are the bills impacting immigrants in Georgia that survived Crossover Day—or didn’t
Crossover Day is the make-or-break point for bills to have a chance of passing in each year’s legislative session. Here’s how a range of laws affecting immigrants fared.
Refugee, Muslim, and Latino organizations push for laws to improve immigrants’ quality of life in Georgia
Among them: increased opportunities for foreign medical graduates to expanding language access in schools to repealing immigration enforcement bills
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.
Stuck in a DACA tug of war, young college educated Georgia residents’ lives are stalled
The Trump Administration has indicated it may soon accept DACA applications; but these undocumented Georgians aren't holding their breath
On Saturday in Tucker, No Kings protesters expressed solidarity with immigrants—though immigrants were scarcely present
“We have a lot less people of color protesting because I feel like they’re afraid,” said one attendee, a U.S. citizen.
Atlanta nonprofit helping immigrant survivors of violence loses federal funding
On the first day of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Department of Justice said it was ending a grant that supported the Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network’s work assisting immigrant victims of crime, including domestic violence and human trafficking.
Riding a wave of progressive energy, Ruwa Romman enters the Georgia governor’s race
“Brave and much needed”: Georgia residents with immigrant roots respond to the Palestinian American state lawmaker’s announcement
Here are the bills affecting immigrants that passed—or failed—during Georgia’s legislative session
Advocates from Muslim, Latino, and Asian American advocacy organizations help 285 South take stock of this year’s meeting of the Georgia General Assembly.
These are the bills impacting immigrants in Georgia that survived Crossover Day—or didn’t
Crossover Day is the make-or-break point for bills to have a chance of passing in each year’s legislative session. Here’s how a range of laws affecting immigrants fared.
Refugee, Muslim, and Latino organizations push for laws to improve immigrants’ quality of life in Georgia
Among them: increased opportunities for foreign medical graduates to expanding language access in schools to repealing immigration enforcement bills
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.
Stuck in a DACA tug of war, young college educated Georgia residents’ lives are stalled
The Trump Administration has indicated it may soon accept DACA applications; but these undocumented Georgians aren't holding their breath
On Saturday in Tucker, No Kings protesters expressed solidarity with immigrants—though immigrants were scarcely present
“We have a lot less people of color protesting because I feel like they’re afraid,” said one attendee, a U.S. citizen.
Atlanta nonprofit helping immigrant survivors of violence loses federal funding
On the first day of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Department of Justice said it was ending a grant that supported the Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network’s work assisting immigrant victims of crime, including domestic violence and human trafficking.
Riding a wave of progressive energy, Ruwa Romman enters the Georgia governor’s race
“Brave and much needed”: Georgia residents with immigrant roots respond to the Palestinian American state lawmaker’s announcement