"A private corrections company announced Monday it will close a federal immigration detention center in Gainesville by the end of this month, citing a dwindling number of detainees." - AJC, Dec. 2 2013 .
" A federal judge struck down a key section of Georgia's immigration law that criminalized the harbor and transportation of undocumented immigrants. Georgia adopted its Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act, also known as House Bill 87, in...
"Mr. López, who had been brought to Georgia from Mexico as a toddler, came to resent the fact that his very existence here had become a political issue. He got involved in local groups pushing for greater opportunities for immigrants like him, and for policy...
"Bring your I.D. when you leave your home. Refuse to talk about your immigration status if police stop you. And tell them you have an attorney. Those are among the tips Atlanta-area immigration attorneys are giving their clients now that a federal judge...
"Georgia state and local police may start enforcing one of the most controversial parts of the state’s immigration law for the first time now that a federal judge has lifted a legal hold he placed on it. The law gives police the option to investigate the...
"A new immigration law in Georgia requires everyone licensed by the state to prove citizenship. But the law is having an unintended consequence: many health care workers, included doctors and nurses, are losing their licenses because of a paperwork backlog...
"Christian Jimenez is feeling relieved but still guarded now that she has become one of the first [unauthorized] immigrants in the nation to receive a reprieve from deportation under the Obama administration’s new immigration policy. The 24-year-old North...
"For nurses, hair stylists, kickboxing instructors and even geologists, Georgia’s desire to clamp down on illegal immigration is having an unintended side effect. Things are so jammed at the secretary of state’s office that renewing a state license...
"Nearly 600 city and county government agencies across Georgia face losing access to tens of millions of dollars in state loans and grants for not complying with a central part of the state’s immigration law." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sept...
Clanton, Alabama - "A central part of Alabama’s immigration law has become such a thorny problem for this town that the police chief has declared he will no longer enforce it. Chief Brian Stilwell said that measure — which critics call the show-me-your-papers...
"A federal appeals court today blocked key provisions of Alabama and Georgia’s anti-immigrant laws. Significantly, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit found that section 28 of Alabama’s law which requires the immigration verification of newly enrolled...
"Agricultural and restaurant business leaders say Arizona-style laws aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration threaten their industry. They're appealing to Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform to avert what they describe as a crisis...
"The report, “ Prisoners of Profit ,” was based on documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, as well as tours and interviews at Georgia's four federal immigration facilities. Three of those facilities, including the 1,750-bed Stewart...
Sam Rock writes: "Dear Advocates, Sam Rock and David Carter filed a RICO and fraud class action in the Northern District of Georgia against several tax preparers alleging a scheme of fraudulently claiming the child tax credit and additional...
"A privately owned detention center that houses hundreds of [unauthorized] immigrants in South Georgia narrowly avoided being auctioned off at a county tax sale this year after the Atlanta-based owner’s creditors forced the company into bankruptcy proceedings...