Leaders across DeKalb County are responding to arrests made Sunday, Jan. 26 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Chamblee, Brookhaven, Doraville, and Lilburn.
Immigration officials now have permission to quickly expel migrants temporarily admitted via the CBP One App and a separate program for certain people fleeing Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
The Biden administration has allowed several prominent immigrants' rights activists back into the U.S. after they charged that immigration authorities were retaliating against them for speaking out.
In a new report, activists say ICE systematically retaliates against them for their work, despite the agency's denials. Advocates want the Biden administration to officially forbid the practice.
Ed Gonzalez spent 18 years with the Houston Police Department as a civilian and officer, then served three terms on the Houston City Council. He criticized ICE raids during the Trump administration.
New federal rules will prohibit international students from completing fully online courses of study while in the U.S. Monday's announcement comes as more colleges release their plans for the fall.