#Georgia #Police Arrest #Farmworkers — Then Get Warrants From #DHS
Georgia authorities said their goal was to serve warrants for crimes against children. Instead, they swept people up and got immigration detainers after the fact.
Schuyler Mitchell
July 9 2025
Excerpt: "Georgia State Patrol and DHS did not respond to a request for comment.
" 'The people we’ve spoken with so far were randomly pulled over or profiled and just arrested on the spot, either for not having a driver’s license or for no charge at all,' said Meredyth Yoon, an attorney with Asian Americans Advancing Justice–Atlanta who has been investigating the May 12 operation. 'That’s not a targeted operation based on people having outstanding warrants.' "
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/09/georgia-sheriff-dhs-ice-farmworker-deportation/
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