If you’re living in metro Atlanta without legal status, know your rights, meet with a lawyer, and have a plan, especially if you have a mixed-status family with children who are U.S. citizens. That’s the message from Atlanta’s Latin American Association.
CEO Santiago Marquez sat down with WABE’s “Morning Edition” to discuss the weight of mass U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, at the command of President Donald Trump — and what resources the LAA has made available to Atlanta’s immigrant community.
The mass sweeps and deportations are part of a barrage of executive orders Trump signed during his first week in the Oval Office.
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