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News Articles: ICE

Reporter Seth Freed Wessler spoke with people detained in Irwin County's ICE Detention Center about the pandemic, including Nilson Barahona-Marriaga (pictured here), a 39-year-old father who has diabetes and hypertension, two risk factors for COVID-19.

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  • Health Care

With Lack of Pandemic Protections, Fears - And Coronavirus - Spread Among Georgia ICE Detainees

While protests set off by the killing of George Floyd show no signs of letting up, another quieter protest has been stirring at an Immigration and...

June 12, 2020
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By:
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
  • and 1 more
This April 13, 2009 photo shows a detainee at Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga., leaving the cafeteria after lunch to go back to their living units.

Man Detained At Georgia Immigrant Detention Center Dies

A man has died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a Georgia immigration detention center. Pedro Arriago-Santoya, 44, was...

July 26, 2019
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

Rapper 21 Savage Speaks Out For First Time Since Release From ICE Custody

Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage spoke out Friday for the first time since he was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The rapper,...

February 15, 2019
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By:
  • Ross Terrell
Rapper 21 Savage attends an event related to his new album, I Am > I Was, in Atlanta. The rapper, whose real name is She'yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested Sunday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Attorney: Immigration Officials Trying To "Unnecessarily Punish" Rapper 21 Savage With Detention

Attorneys for Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage are fighting to have him released from federal immigration custody and say the detention is to ...

February 04, 2019
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announces on Thursday the city will no longer accept ICE detainees at the jail.

Atlanta Will No Longer Accept ICE Detainees

The City of Atlanta will no longer accept U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements detainees at the Atlanta City Detention Center. Atlanta Mayor Keisha...

September 06, 2018
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By:
  • Ross Terrell

On Second Thought for Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Efrain de la Rosa, a 40-year-old detainee at ICE’s Stewart detention center in Lumpkin, was found dead in his cell last Tuesday. Immigration and Customs...

July 18, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Fenly Foxen ,
  • and 3 more
 Mayor Keisha Bottoms on Wednesday signed an executive order to prevent immigration detainees from being housed in the city jail.

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Signs Executive Order Pertaining to Separation of Families

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Wednesday called the separation of immigrant families at the country’s Southern border “despicable,” and said the...

June 21, 2018
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By:
  • Camile Ervin

On Second Thought For Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Georgia is a hub of multiculturalism. At Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, there’s a new class tapping into that topic. It's called " Literary Tribalism...

May 09, 2018
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor ,
  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • and 4 more
Adrian Saucedo-Luviano is awaiting his date in immigration court after he  was pulled over by Houston County Police in April 2018.

In Middle Georgia, Houston County Detains More People For ICE Than Surrounding Counties Combined

Police aren't required by law to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on immigration control. It's a choice. Athens-Clarke...

May 09, 2018
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By:
  • Adam Ragusea and
  • Leighton Rowell

On Second Thought For Monday, April 16, 2018

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would halt its Legal Orientation Program, which provides legal advice and information to...

April 16, 2018
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By:
  • Sean Powers ,
  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • and 7 more
The Southern Poverty Law Center has named two Georgia detention centers in a lawsuit claiming immigration officials hinder detainees' access to legal help.

Southern Poverty Law Center Sues Over Immigrant Access to Legal Assistance

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would halt its Legal Orientation Program, which provides legal advice and information to...

April 16, 2018
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Adam Ragusea
In this April 13, 2009, file photo, an employee waits at the front gate of the Stewart Detention Facility, a Corrections Corporation of America immigration facility in Lumpkin, Ga.

ICE: Immigration Detainee Appears To Have Killed Himself In Lumpkin, Ga Facility

Federal authorities say a Panamanian detainee at a south Georgia immigration detention center appears to have killed himself.

May 16, 2017
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By:
  • Associated Press

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