Patrisse Khan-Cullors speaks on the misconceptions surrounding this case, the intersection of ICE, and why 21 Savage's life matters.
(Washington Post) — Whenever Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez(D-Ill.) and other immigrant-rights advocates asked President Obama how a Democratic administration could preside over the greatest number of deportations in any two-year period in the nation’s history, Obama’s answer was always the same. Deporting almost 800,000 illegal immigrants might antagonize some Democrats and Latino voters, Obama’s skeptical supporters said the […]
(AJC) — A federal fingerprint-sharing program aimed at deporting criminal illegal immigrants will be operating across all of metro Atlanta by the end of September, according to federal records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Forsyth County’s jail is set to join the “Secure Communities” program Dec. 14. Forty-six other Georgia counties — including some of […]
(Atlanta Business Chronicle) — Illegal immigrants would be banned from Georgia’s public colleges and universities under legislation pre-filed in the General Assembly by a Gwinnett County lawmaker. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Tom Rice, R-Norcross, would add postsecondary education to a list of public benefits subject to citizenship verification under immigration reform legislation passed by Georgia […]