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Marchers hold anti-deportation signs during the "Stop the Billionaire Agenda" march on International Workers Day in Downtown Atlanta.
‘Probably one of the worst things you could do to people’: Immigrant communities face compounding traumas amid Trump’s deportation blitz

It's a traumatic time for many immigrant families. The Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration has produced consistent ICE raids, making deportation feel like an ever-present possibility. Whether being separated from a deported loved one or enduring the lingering fear that comes with seeing every day’s headlines, it’s not an easy time for their mental health.

A group of smiling protestors hold up signs in support of immigration, reading "Immigrants Make America Great" and "Proud Child of an Immigrant." The subject of the photo, a man standing at the front of the crowd, holds up the flag of El Salvador.
A life in the shadows: Confronting the challenges of immigration

ACPC spoke with family members of immigrants who have attempted to get citizenship about the process' difficulties.

A woman stands at a rally holding a sign that says, "No one is illegal on stolen land."
Why we protest: Voices of those fighting back during Trump’s first days in office

ACPC spoke to some of the hundreds of people who showed up in Gainesville, Georgia, in support of the immigrant community.

Photo of the inside of a car's windshield in the dark. In the foreground, a crystal angel hangs from the car's rearview mirror. In the background, ICE Chasers holding Know Your Rights materials stand in front of a restaurant with breakfast items in Spanish.
Meet the ICE Chasers: the rapid response team keeping communities informed on ICE sightings

ICE Chasers in Georgia are organizing a grassroots response to fear, deportations, and attacks on migrants.

Students stage sit-in at Board of Regents meeting, call for Georgia universities to divest from Israel
Attorney Jeff Filipovits speaks at a press conference announcing a civil rights lawsuit brought by the parents of slain environmental activist Manuel "Tortuguita" Esteban Paez Terán on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (
Tortuguita’s parents sue police for civil rights violations against slain forest defender
Dr. Jacqueline Echols speaks about the environmental racism DeKalb County residents are facing.
Black residents bear the weight of the water affordability crisis in DeKalb County