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Eight Arrested at Georgia Board of Regents Meeting over Undocumented Student Ban

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(APN) ATLANTA — On Tuesday, May 15, 2017, eight activists including pastors, students, teachers, artists, and retired workers were arrested after disrupting a Georgia Board of Regents public hearing, where they demanded an end to banning undocumented students from enrolling in public universities in Georgia.   The eight community members arrested are: Rev. Jonathan Rogers, Pastor at UUCA; Laura Emiko […]

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SPECIAL REPORT: Immigrants Laboring in Fear, Squalor on Georgia Farms

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(APN) COBBTOWN, Georgia — The  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in neighboring Savannah, Georgia, still echoes through the field-lined dirt roads in agricultural Cobbtown for the immigrant laborers who reside there.   The low wages, the long hours harvesting onions under the scorching Georgia sun, the discrimination, the underpaid hours – all of it has become background noise […]

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