A Gwinnett County barber who spent more than a year in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody has been released and is back home with his family, according to his wife.
Rodney Taylor had been in custody since January 2025 and faced deportation to Liberia, according to officials. Officials said Taylor had been held in connection with a decades-old burglary charge, despite receiving a state pardon.
Rodney’s wife, Mildred Taylor, had spent more than 15 months advocating for his release and said she believed he was wrongfully detained…