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Tag: immigrants

Posted inAtlanta Intown

Mayor signs permanent executive order to end immigrant detention at city jail

by Collin Kelley September 6, 2018

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed an executive order this morning to permanently stop receiving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees at the city jail and for current detainees to be transferred as soon as possible. The executive order was signed as the Trump administration announced a new rule  that would allow immigrant families to […]

Posted inAtlanta Intown

Report: Mayor Bottoms calls for the sale of city jail

by Collin Kelley August 21, 2018
Posted inAtlanta Intown

Report details “grave human rights violations” of immigrant detainees in Atlanta

by Collin Kelley August 13, 2018
Posted inAtlanta Intown

Update: Mayor signs executive order to stop acceptance of ICE detainees at city jail

by Collin Kelley June 20, 2018
Posted inAtlanta Intown

News Briefs: Booting ordinance; stadium pedestrian bridge; city joins workplace coalition

by Collin Kelley March 6, 2018
Posted inBrookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody, Top Stories

Cross Keys students join immigrant experience book project

by Evelyn Andrews November 27, 2017March 1, 2018
Posted inAtlanta Intown

Mayor Reed says Atlanta will support Dreamers after DACA rescinded

by Collin Kelley September 5, 2017
Posted inAtlanta Intown

Mayor Reed: “Atlanta is proud to be a welcoming city”

by Collin Kelley November 29, 2016
Posted inAtlanta Intown

News Briefs: Morris Brown, sports HQ, immigrant initiative

by Collin Kelley May 29, 2014

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