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INTERSECTION TAKEOVER: The intersection at the entrance of Plaza Fiesta and Buford Highway in metro Atlanta has been blocked by a protest organized for immigrant rights and freedom today in metro Atlanta. Traffic is now blocked in both directions. FOX 5 Atlanta #ATL

Chamblee Police and Georgia State Patrol at the rally, trying to move protesters to the sidewalks who closed Buford Highway NE for a couple of minutes. 285 South News

While hundreds gathered to rally for immigrants rights, just a few miles down the road some community members had practical questions like - what legal documents are needed to transfer guardianship of their kids. 285south.com/big-crowds-ral…

Absolutely stunning report from the Guardian US’ Dara Kerr revealing how ICE is gaming Google search to further its fearmongering campaign. CC: National Immigrant Justice Center Vera Institute of Justice Detention Watch Network (DWN) Al Otro Lado American Immigration Council HaitianBridge theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f…

Media Literacy Panel For Everyone The Georgia Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists presents this panel of local reporters and editors. Anyone is invited to bring their questions on how we pick our stories, report on our stories and how they are edited.

All are invited! The talented Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow will be speaking about her work at 285 South!

.#Media criticism is great, but we need content. If communities don't fund #independentmedia professionals like Sophia Qureshi, let's not complain when they close shop & work for Coca-Cola. #Atlanta #ATL #Georgia bit.ly/47XKo6l

Amid #Trump federal funding freeze, local refugee resettlement agency lays off staff, worried about rental payments in March for newly arrived families. 285south.com/amid-federal-f…

We’ve hearing from readers & community members about what they can do to support immigrant and refugee communities in ATL. Here's a list we've been updating on ways to help: 285south.com/specific-ways-…

For Luis Enriquez Perez, owner of Chispas Snacks in Piedmont Park, “to be able to serve antojitos in the center of Atl is a huge accomplishment for Chispas—but also for Latinos.” Now, his food is reaching even more parts of the city. 285south.com/chispas-snacks…

We spoke to local groups stepping in to help newly arrived refugees, since larger agencies are struggling w/ #Trump funding cuts. They're in crisis mode - trying to place folks in jobs asap so they can pay rent - but jobs have been hard to come by. 285south.com/local-groups-a…

Coming to Atlanta as a teenager from Ecuador, Andrea Armijos Martinez was teased in school for her limited English & her disability. Now, she's trying to stop bullying from happening to other immigrant kids in Georgia. Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow 285 South News 285south.com/andrea-armijos…

As Trump’s tariffs go into effect, immigrant entrepreneurs—and other small business owners— figure out ways to navigate “America First” policies. 285south.com/eat-the-bitter… Atlanta Civic Circle Canopy Atlanta (@canopyatl.bsky.social)

Stunned. Columbia Journalism School From The New York Times story

Here's how Atlanta-area masjids are cutting food waste during the Muslim holy month. Read the full story from our partner 285 South News: 285south.com/a-greener-rama… Sophia Qureshi

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…

" 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…