From City Hall to Magic City, Capital B Atlanta reporters covered breaking news, secured exclusive interviews with newsmakers, unearthed painful history, and published groundbreaking enterprise stories that resonated online and on social media. Here are our top 10 stories of the year. Georgia is quietly working on building the largest ICE facility in the country, […]
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Atlanta Lawyers Work to Get Unlawfully Deported Black Immigrants Returned to the U.S.
The Trump administration’s mass deportation plan continues to cause anxiety throughout Atlanta’s Black immigrant community — even among those who have legal status. “The fear is real,” said Nnamdi Ihenacho, founder of the Atlanta-based nonprofit African Immigrant Collective. “Even people who have their papers are still worried about, ‘can my citizenship be revoked?’ ‘Can my […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
ICE Raid in Georgia Results in 475 Arrests in Support of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Hundreds of workers were arrested by masked agents Thursday at a massive Hyundai electric vehicle manufacturing plant in southeastern Georgia about 40 minutes west of Savannah. “This in fact was the largest single site enforcement operation in the history of Homeland Security Investigations,” Steve Schrank, special-agent-in-charge of HSI for Georgia and Alabama told the media […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Incarceration
Atlanta Protesters Rally Against Kemp’s National Guard Order Supporting ICE
Dozens of Atlantans protested outside the state capitol Thursday evening in response to Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to mobilize the state’s National Guard in support of President Donald Trump’s federal immigration crackdown. According to the governor’s order, shared with Capital B Atlanta via email earlier this week, approximately 75 Georgia National Guard soldiers and airmen […]
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Largest ICE Facility Planned at Georgia Private Prison With Deadly Record
While much of the outrage over the rising number of immigration detention facilities is focused on Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,” Georgia is quietly working on building the largest ICE facility in the country, thanks to the passage of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Charlton County, located 10 miles from the Florida border and 274 miles […]
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Former Coach Rallies Behind Morehouse Alum Detained by ICE After 25 Years in U.S.
For head coach Rich Freeman, Morehouse College’s 2014 football season wasn’t getting off to a great start. Just a few days before the season officially started and classes began, he learned he had lost his starting kicker. Desperate for a replacement, the athletic director convinced the coach to take a look at a kid in […]
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After Morehouse Grad Detained by ICE, HBCU Community Sounds Alarm
The hashtag that began circulating widely yesterday was simple, yet urgent: #FreeAlexMaganda. A Morehouse College alum, who played football for the storied HBCU, had been detained by ICE agents outside Dallas. A source told Capital B Atlanta Friday that Maganda is currently being held at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson, Texas, 200 miles from […]
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Atlanta ‘No Kings’ Protests Draws Thousands Amid News of Lawmakers’ Assassination
As President Donald Trump prepared to host a military parade in Washington to mark the 250th anniversary of the Army and his 79th birthday, thousands of Atlanta residents took to the streets for “No Kings” protests across the metro area. Protests occurred on Saturday around the country to denounce the $45 million parade and to […]
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Amid ICE Sweeps and Travel Bans, Here’s How to Support Black Immigrants in Atlanta
While non-Black Latino immigrants became the focus of many of the protests held in cities across the country in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions this week, Atlanta’s Black immigrant community — the fourth largest in the country — is refusing to take a back seat. Pew Research estimates around 200,000 Black immigrants, mostly […]
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Atlanta Immigration Protest Draws Hundreds Amid Tear Gas and Fireworks
As protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions continued for a fifth night in Los Angeles, citizens took to the streets in dozens of cities across the country, including Atlanta. Marching along Buford Highway on Tuesday night, hundreds of protestors carried Mexican flags and homemade signs to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement in the […]
