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NEW: The Georgia General Assembly recently passed Crossover Day, a critical deadline for legislation to have any chance at becoming law. Here are the bills that local immigrant advocacy orgs have their eyes on. 285 South News 285south.com/how-laws-affec…

Reposted from 285 South News: This month, the Georgia General Assembly reached Crossover Day—when bills must pass to become law. Local orgs monitoring legislation: GALEO Impact Fund @cairgeorgiaofficial @lcf_georgia 🗞️ Check our latest story for the laws that survived.

ICE detained a 58-year-old Georgia resident with claims to U.S. citizenship on Wednesday 285south.com/ice-detained-a… via Sophia Qureshi 285 South News

Alma Bowman moved to the U.S. from the Philippines when she was 10. She should have obtained U.S. citizenship from her father, says her lawyer. On March 26, she was taken to the Stewart Detention Center. 285south.com/ice-detained-a…

Another case of a US citizen taken into ICE detention. From Sophia Qureshi at @285SouthAtL ICE tried to deport Alma Bowman in 2020, as Jose Olivares and I reported for The Intercept She was also a key witness in claims of medical misconduct in ICE detention 285south.com/ice-detained-a…

Women being held at Stewart Detention Center in GA are being transferred out of state, say their lawyers. One potential reason? “Some people even don’t have a bed; they just give them a mattress, and they’re sleeping on the floor."285south.com/immigration-at…

East Atlanta resident Vinny Pellegri talks to 285 South about the inspiration behind his mutual aid bakery and “Cannolis for Gaza” f.mtr.cool/hvkadzfyio

" There’s more ICE activity and the whole detention system is growing. A lot of the group that’s growing the most are immigrants without any criminal history." Read our Q&A w/ Austin Kocher, PhD who's been tracking immigration enforcement for almost a decade. 285south.com/arrests-are-up…

Headed to the market this week? We’re always updating our roundup of immigrant-run businesses and vendors sharing their eats and treats at local community farmers markets. Check it out: f.mtr.cool/qpgsgzpcom

Underage immigrants traveling alone to the U.S. need legal support—but federal funding cuts are making lawyers harder to get | New from Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow: 285south.com/unaccompanied-…

Check out our growing roundup of immigrant-run businesses and vendors at Atlanta's local community farmers markets: f.mtr.cool/ioxhuxuyur

HAPPENING NOW IN ATLANTA: At least two arrested at Stop Deportation rally on Chamblee Tucker Road, people complaining of eyes streaming from some kind of irritant.

New from 285 South News: Anti-ICE protest met with force on Chamblee Tucker Road in #Atlanta 285south.com/anti-ice-prote…

At Saturday's Refugee Day Celebration, multiple people said they’ve been feeling uneasy. Since taking office, President Trump has put a pause on refugee resettlement, increased ICE raids and deportations, and has encouraged self-deportations. f.mtr.cool/hmbfitmvcp

Help observe and document court hearings for immigrants in detention, accompany asylum seekers at the airport and more. Here are some specific ways immigrant- and refugee-serving orgs in Atlanta say you can help your fellow immigrants right now: f.mtr.cool/pxoushapea

Despite a fragile ceasefire, recent attacks in Iran hit home for metro Atlantans with roots in the region. New from 285 South News: f.mtr.cool/rttfzzcdxs

“287(g) counties start becoming deportation pipelines... Right now there is a heightened atmosphere of repression; but that has been the case in Georgia since 2007,” Azadeh Shahshahani told 285 South News 285south.com/287g-counties-…

At pop-up events over several months, artist Julia Kim posed questions of self-exploration and received more than a thousand responses. She hopes her project, You Uninterrupted, will build empathy among Georgia’s AAPI communities. f.mtr.cool/qrcdjuutfw