{"id":11559,"date":"2018-03-18T09:51:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T14:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=11559"},"modified":"2018-03-18T09:51:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T14:51:45","slug":"the-liberal-ajc-on-immigrants-and-enforcement-as-told-by-their-foreign-language-outlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/18\/the-liberal-ajc-on-immigrants-and-enforcement-as-told-by-their-foreign-language-outlet\/","title":{"rendered":"The liberal #AJC on &#8220;immigrants&#8221; and enforcement &#8211; as told by their foreign language outlet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9500\" style=\"width: 334px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/illegal_aliens_are_not_immigrants_bumper_sticker-r51e482cb08c943bda7400993e7568801_v9wht_8byvr_324-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/illegal_aliens_are_not_immigrants_bumper_sticker-r51e482cb08c943bda7400993e7568801_v9wht_8byvr_324-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/illegal_aliens_are_not_immigrants_bumper_sticker-r51e482cb08c943bda7400993e7568801_v9wht_8byvr_324-2.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/illegal_aliens_are_not_immigrants_bumper_sticker-r51e482cb08c943bda7400993e7568801_v9wht_8byvr_324-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/illegal_aliens_are_not_immigrants_bumper_sticker-r51e482cb08c943bda7400993e7568801_v9wht_8byvr_324-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Zazzle<\/p><\/div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1>Nuestra Comunidad: Locals unite to support immigrants in Georgia<\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Samantha D\u00edaz Roberts<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"names\"><span class=\"source\"> samantha.diaz@mundohispanico.com<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> <span class=\"timestamp published\">8:18 a.m. Friday, March 16, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"category\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/atlanta-news\">Metro Atlanta \/ State news<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>\u201cUnder this administration, the only solution we have left is to come together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>That was the message heard loud and clear at \u2018Pol-ICE,\u2019 an immigration forum held in recent weeks by various organizations in Decatur. Community members who attended the event learned about policies considered to be antiimmigrant in the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>Activists and representatives from the immigrant community who were present at the the event discussed four key topics:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<ul>\n<li>the consequences of the 287(g) program, which allows certain state and local law enforcement agencies to engage in federal immigration enforcement activities;<\/li>\n<li>the unconstitutionality of Senate Bill 452, which would require local law enforcement and court officials in Georgia report to U.S. immigration enforcement if they learn a suspect is in the country illegally;<\/li>\n<li>the deplorable conditions of ICE detention centers;<\/li>\n<li>and what can be done to avoid the passing of more laws that negatively impact the immigrant community in Georgia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>\u201cWe are asking for your support. If we need to march, sign a public petition, have a press conference, then let\u2019s do it. Get out of your comfort zone,\u201d urged Adelina Nicholls, Director of the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ntv1046492-223550-1968\" class=\"item ntv-moap second ntv1046492-223550-1968\">\n<div class=\"ntv-enter1\">\n<div class=\"ntv-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>The panel also included a presentation by Azadeh Shahshahani, lawyer and director of the pro-immigrant organization Project South.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>\u201cAny opportunity we have to file lawsuits and block unconstitutional laws is something we will deal with, but litigation isn\u2019t the only way. There are many ways for members of the community to get involved so that laws like this are not passed in their town,\u201d explained Shahshahani&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local\/nuestra-comunidad-locals-unite-support-immigrants-georgia\/qgjmsknCIITrnuXhrUBdjK\/\">More here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nuestra Comunidad: Locals unite to support immigrants in Georgia Samantha D\u00edaz Roberts samantha.diaz@mundohispanico.com 8:18 a.m. Friday, March 16, 2018 Metro Atlanta \/ State news \u201cUnder this administration, the only solution we have left is to come together.\u201d That was the message heard loud and clear at \u2018Pol-ICE,\u2019 an immigration forum held in recent weeks by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11559"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11569,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11559\/revisions\/11569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}