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From H Mart to the Polls: Korean American Voters in Georgia Turn Out Early

In Duluth, a drive to turn out the growing number of registered AAPI voters.

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In Gwinnett, state senate candidate Ruwa Romman makes the global, local

"If you are complaining about the cost of living, I remind them that everything has gone up because of the war."

Midterms: In Georgia, more than a dozen candidates with roots across the world are up for state office

285 South asked them about what they plan to do to support their immigrant constituents.

Inside the push for Asian American Studies in Georgia public schools

Atlanta-area students—and adult allies—are trying to fill education gaps that make some Asian Americans feel like “forever foreigners”

Georgia’s elder care workforce faces impact as Haitians lose protected immigration status
Georgia passed a law targeting undocumented immigrants who commit crimes, after a high-profile 2024 murder. It may not be doing much for public safety.  

In diverse Gwinnett County, HB1105 has become a quiet tool for the Trump administration to advance its immigration crackdown.

Update: Georgia GOP lawmakers backtrack on redistricting

A special legislative session to redraw Georgia’s maps had sparked fierce pushback from voting rights advocates and Democratic lawmakers.

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