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Lawmakers Huddle: Athens lawmakers say it’s not a sanctuary jurisdiction

The Department of Homeland Security has officially removed its list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" from its website, which included six areas in Georgia. The designation has sparked confusion in some of the communities on the controversial list.  

June 06, 2025
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
A member of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Removal Operations (ERO) (San Francisco and Northern California) Fugitive Operations teams is pictured during an operation in San Jose, California, on Sept. 25, 2019. File photo by Kate Munsch/ Reuters

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  • News

South Georgia ICE processing center doubles capacity in nationwide push

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in South Georgia’s Charlton County is set to more than double its capacity.

June 04, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Rep. Kasey Carpenter of Dalton on the Georgia House Floor. In 2024, he voted against House Bill 1105, the Georgia Criminal Alien Track and Report Act of 2024. He believes changes to the law are needed during the 2026 General Assembly. (Screenshot)

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  • Politics

Lawmakers Huddle: Republican state lawmaker urges immigration reform in light of ICE arrests

In this week’s Lawmakers Huddle, GPB’s Donna Lowry spoke with a Republican state legislator who started a Change.org petition urging Congress to reform the immigration system.

May 30, 2025
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
Rep. Kasey Carpenter of Dalton on the Georgia House Floor. In 2024, he voted against House Bill 1105, the Georgia Criminal Alien Track and Report Act of 2024. He believes changes to the law are needed during the 2026 General Assembly. (Screenshot)

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  • News

State Rep. Kasey Carpenter on Immigration Reform

This week on Lawmakers Huddle: immigration laws have come under increased scrutiny with the arrest and detention by ICE of a 19-year-old college student in Dalton. Donna Lowry spoke with Republican state Rep. Kasey Carpenter to discuss his interest in immigration reform. 

May 29, 2025
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
19-year-old Ximena Arias-Cristobal at a press conference in Atlanta on May 27, 2025, about a week after being released from ICE detention. The college student was jailed in Dalton for driving without a license, though after the fact, police said she didn’t actually commit a traffic violation. "It kind of flips your world. We now kind of live a little bit more in fear," Arias-Cristobal said.

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  • News

Dalton State student speaks out after ‘improper’ arrest, immigration detention

Ximena Arias-Cristobal is seeking a pathway to citizenship after her arrest and immigration detention.

May 28, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Sarah Kallis
A frame grab from dashboard video of Ximena Arias-Cristobal's arrest for driving without a license. The charge would later be dropped but after Immigrations Customs and Enforcement issued and acted on a detainer request to the Whitfield County Jail.

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  • Law

19-year-old who was sent to immigration detention following dropped traffic charges gets bond

North Georgia college student Ximena Arias-Cristobal, who had been in immigration detention for over two weeks, has been granted bond and will go home. 

19-year-old who was sent to immigration detention following dropped traffic charges gets bond

May 21, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship and
  • Sofi Gratas
A Honduran migrant who returned voluntarily from the United States walks after arriving at Ramon Villeda Morales Airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Monday.

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  • World

U.S. sends 68 migrants back to Honduras and Colombia in first voluntary deportation

Experts believe the self-deportation offer will only appeal to a small portion of migrants already considering return, but unlikely to spur high demand.

May 20, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The Chamatkarik Shree Hanumanji Mandir in the old city of Ahmedabad, in western India, is seen by worshippers as a place where prayers to obtain visas to Western countries are answered.

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  • Asia

Indians still pray at 'visa temples' after the U.S. deported migrants in chains

Hindu temples offer prayers for a path to the U.S. But some in India were stunned by the way the U.S. deported Indians despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's friendship with President Trump.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Omkar Khandekar
Painted portrait of Wong Kim Ark in the Asian American Community Heroes Mural, located in San Francisco's Chinatown.

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  • History

Who's eligible for birthright citizenship in America? Find out in this history quiz

Who was Wong Kim Ark and what is the story behind the Supreme Court case United States vs. Wong Kim Ark? Find out here, and listen to a full episode to learn more.

May 15, 2025
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By:
  • Anya Steinberg and
  • Shajia Abidi
Argentina's President Javier Milei greets supporters during the closing campaign rally for Manuel Adorni, a contender in the upcoming elections for the Buenos Aires city legislature, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday.

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  • Latin America

Argentina orders immigration crackdown with decree to 'make Argentina great again'

In a country that has long prided itself on its openness to immigrants, the declaration drew criticism from the Argentine president's opponents and prompted comparisons to U.S. President Donald Trump.

May 15, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers use a chain to more comfortably restrain a detained person using handcuffs positioned in front.

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  • USPS

Judge refuses to block IRS from sharing tax data to identify people illegally in U.S.

The decision comes after the acting IRS commissioner resigned over a deal allowing ICE to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification.

May 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a news conference, ahead of the publication of the government's immigration policy paper, in London, Monday.

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  • Europe

With immigration limits, the U.K. vows to end a 'failed experiment in open borders'

Taking a page from President Trump's playbook, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced visa restrictions, using language his critics said was dangerous.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
An asylum seeker with a canceled appointment to enter the United States waits to speak to a Mexican immigration official as he reviews the CBP One app at the El Chaparral border crossing port in Tijuana, Mexico, in January 2025.

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  • National

Trump offers $1,000 incentive to migrants who leave the country voluntarily

The Homeland Security Department pitched the monetary incentive as a more "dignified" way to leave the country, while saving taxpayers money.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Spectators watch a horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on April 30, 2025. Junior Alvarado, a jockey from Venezuela, makes his way to second place before crossing the finish line.

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  • National

The most exciting two minutes in sports is a show of 'Latino excellence'

Latinos, many from outside the U.S. mainland, have risen in prominence in horseracing, from the grooms to some of the winningest jockeys.

May 04, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Protesters gather outside federal court during a hearing with lawyers for Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities, in Boston.

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  • National

Appeals court pauses Tufts student's transfer to Vermont in immigration detention case

The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a three-judge panel would hear arguments on May 6 in the case of Rumeysa Ozturk. She's been detained for five weeks as of Tuesday.

April 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
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