Human Rights and Faith Groups Hold Press Conference TOMORROW, March 21 in...
Human Rights and Faith Groups Hold Press Conference ATLANTA — On March 21, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., Georgia-based human rights and faith groups will host a press conference in front of the State Capitol to...
View ArticleDefunding 287(g) Can Not Come Soon Enough
Azadeh ShahshahaniNational Security/Immigrants' Rights Project DirectorHuffington Post A federal judge in Arizona recently held that Sheriff Arpaio and his Deputies have engaged in racial profiling...
View ArticleACLU of Georgia Releases Fact Sheets on SB 160
SB 160, a bill passed by the legislature and signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal, goes into effect today. Although the primary purpose of this bill was to fix problems created by Georgia’s...
View ArticleCIVIL RIGHTS COALTION PURSUES OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT...
Coalition Announces Next Steps to Reduce Harm from What Remains of State’s Anti-Immigrant HB 87 Following the Federal District Court’s order today in Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, et al. v....
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Solutions NOT Punishment
DAY of OUTRAGEEnough is Enough! ts time to make Atlanta a better city for all of us. We demand an end to the practices of profiling and harassment. We demand solutions that do not criminalize our...
View ArticleAnother state considers discrimination based on ‘religious freedom’
By Adam Serwermsnbc Georgia is the latest state to consider legislation that could sanction discrimination in the name of religious freedom. There are two versions of the Georgia bill – a state House...
View ArticleGeorgia may soon drug test food stamp recipients
By Ned Resnikoffwww.msnbc.com Just before the close of Georgia’s 2014 legislative session last week, the state’s General Assembly granted final approval to a law that would allow state workers to drug...
View ArticleNew Report Details Prejudice and Pretext in Georgia's Hyper Immigration...
Federal ICE Access Programs and GA HB87 Driving Unprecedented Targeting and Deportation in the State Today advocacy organizations publish a new report based on data made available through FOIA...
View ArticleFeds Pay Thousands For Wrongful Deportation
GPB NewsMon, October 22, 2012by Ellen Reinhardt This month Mark Lyttle, an American citizen from North Carolina who has mental disabilities, received a 175 thousand dollar settlement from the federal...
View ArticleChanges in GA immigration bill draw opposition
Changes In Immigration Bill Draws Opposition By KATE BRUMBACK The Associated Press ATLANTA — Some quiet changes to a bill that was intended as a simple fix for unintended consequences of a 2011...
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