Immigrant rights advocates stood in front of Atlanta’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office, clutching posters with names and photos.
Uche Onwa, an organizer for the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, read the names of people who have died in Georgia’s ICE detention centers.
Protestors have, for years, come here every time someone dies in ICE custody in the state. Georgia is home to one of the country’s largest ICE detention centers – it’s also seen some of the most deaths in its custody.
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