Press Release: FOIA Request for ICE Data on Georgia Deportations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Freedom of Information Action (FOIA) Request to Shine Light on Georgia Police/ICE collaboration via Secure Communities and 287(g) 

April 17th, 2012, Atlanta, Ga.- The Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR), the ACLU Foundation of Georgia, and the National Day Labor Organizing Network will file a Freedom of Information Act request with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for previously unavailable data related to the relationship between local law enforcement agencies across the state and the deportation of Georgia residents by ICE.

GLAHR cites the climate of hostility created by HB87 and the recent statewide activation of the federal deportation program, Secure Communities, for contributing to the recent ICE data indicating that the ICE Atlanta region (including GA, NC, and SC) deports nearly double the rate of parents of US citizens than any other region in the country. 

Who: GLAHR, ACLU Foundation of Georgia, and NDLON 

What: Press Conference on Filing of FOIA to obtain documents shedding light on police/ICE collaboration 

When: April 17th, 2012 11:00 AM 

Where: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security 180 Spring Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 

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Vigil and Rally on March 1: Come and Support Immigrant Communities Against HB 87

JOIN THE EFFORT! SUPPORT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AGAINST HB 87.

Vigil and Rally
March 1st, 2012 

AT:
Court of Appeals
56 FORSYTH ST NW
ATLANTA, GA.
8:00 AM

Governor Deal Says No Changes to HB 87. What Do You Want to Say to Him?

This week Gov. Nathan Deal said he isn’t seeking changes to Georgia’s law (HB 87) that targets undocumented immigrants. His comments were made after a Georgia Farm Bureau luncheon – despite the fact that the $68.8 billion farming industry has complained that the law is scaring away the migrant Hispanic farmworkers it depends on and resulting in crop losses of nearly $75 million.

(You can read more about what Deal said here.)

What do you want to say to Deal in response to this?

 

GA House Democrats Introduce a Repeal of HB 87

The Georgia House Democratic Caucus announced its 2012 legislative agenda this week. A key component of the agenda is a bill to rescind Georgia HB 87 – Georgia’s anti-immigrant legislation! The “Rural Recovery Act of 2012” (HB 796) is designed to help Georgia’s agricultural businesses to recover losses due to HB87.

The Rural Recovery Act of 2012 would immediately repeal HB 87, the failed immigration law passed in 2011.  Rep. Pedro Marin, author of the repeal, said, “Georgia farmers have been the victims of a failed experiment.  We have watched crops die in the fields, and millions of dollars have been drained from our economy.  The state must get out of the federal immigration business and return to the business of producing the nation’s food supply.” Added co-sponsor Rep. Lynmore James,  “Agriculture is our top industry, but they’ve been abandoned by the Gold Dome.  With repeal of HB 87, we can put our farms on the road to recovery.

On Thursday, House Democrats were joined by advocates for farmers and others impacted by the fall-out of HB 87 for a public hearing at the Capitol.

In this speech Rep. Al Williams delivers a passionate speech against the proposed legislation.

Watch what other representatives have to say about the repeal of HB 87 here.