(APN) ATLANTA — Immigrants’ rights advocates in Georgia celebrated two major victories in recent days. First, on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill’s office announced it will no longer detain undocumented immigrants longer than usual in order for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to apprehend and deport them. The following day, U.S. President Barack Obama announced […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On June 02, 2014, the Supreme Court of Georgia heard oral arguments in the case of the City of Brookhaven v. Trop. Inc. doing business as The Pink Pony, on whether the Pink Pony Adult Club could continue regular business, in light of an ordinance passed just one month after the inception of the City of Brookhaven, […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Over 8,000 activists rallied outside the State Capitol on Thursday, March 24, 2011, to show their outrage and disgust over Georgia’s Arizona-type immigration bills. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, legislation, HB 87, has already passed the State House. A similar bill, SB 40, has also passed the State Senate. While the vast majority of protesters […]
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