The Brief
- Metro Atlanta students and activists launched coordinated “Abolish ICE” protests and walkouts amid national demonstrations.
- ICE confirmed expanding its local footprint by opening a second field office in College Park.
- The DOJ launched a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Minneapolis protester Alex Preti.
ATLANTA – Protesters gathered along Buford Highway Friday evening to demand the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), part of a wave of national demonstrations that included student walkouts across metro Atlanta.
The local surge in activism comes as ICE confirmed the opening of a second field office in College Park. The expansion has drawn sharp criticism from residents like Luis Rivera, a Clayton County resident whose family is from Mexico.
“The fact that they’re opening a office so close to where I live is astonishing,” Rivera said. “It’s really scary so that one day my dad might come out after work and be caught up in one of these roadblocks and be, you know, stopped.”
ICE protests across metro Atlanta
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