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Women resist: 5 leaders we love in Georgia

Georgia is full of amazing progressive leaders, and women of color are at the forefront of addressing issues like abortion access, voting rights, immigration reform and Islamophobia. Over the past year, the Better Georgia blog has highlighted some of these amazing women. In a year often described as a “dumpster fire” of a year, following the election and subsequent inauguration of Donald J. Trump, it’s been easy for progressives to feel their voices have been

Healthcare

Unacceptable conditions at Georgia immigration facilities

Nelson Francisco Perdomo-Vaidez’s left arm gives him such intense pins-and-needles pain that he can’t sleep, and it swells and turns purple if it isn’t kept elevated. At least two doctors agree that he needs to see a specialist or he will face serious risks of complications — including losing functionality in his hand and arm. But Perdomo-Vaidez isn’t getting this care. He has been detained by ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement — and is

Immigration and Refugees

More attacks from the Trump administration, but immigrant communities resist

DACA recipients aren’t the only group of immigrants being targeted by the Trump administration, but immigrants and human rights groups are organizing their communities and pushing back against these dangerous policies. Many folks have been turning their attention to the fate of young people, called DREAMers, who benefited from former president Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. This program allowed young people — brought here as children — to temporarily gain legal status.

Immigration and Refugees

Isakson: Congress should support Dreamers

Isakson is on the right side of an issue for a change: he believes that “Dreamers” should be allowed to stay in the U.S. However, he’s been all over the place with immigration issues in the past, how do we know that he isn’t supporting Dreamers now, only to vote against them staying in the future? In 2014, Isakson was one of the 22 Republican senators to work with Ted Cruz and declare Obama’s executive

Immigration and Refugees

End of DACA absolutely unacceptable

Donald Trump’s administration has officially ended the DACA program. It took just ten minutes for Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions to announce the end of the popular Obama-era program. Thousands of young people who want to work and study in the only country some of them have ever known will now have their lives thrown into limbo by a president determined to push through a racist, xenophobic agenda. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,

Immigration and Refugees

Perdue’s plan to slash immigration

Perdue’s plan for immigration seeks to reduce the number of immigrants and refugees, separate families and freeze employment-based green cards. The Trump-backed plan would be disastrous for families. It would also have noticeable effects on businesses like agriculture, which relies heavily on immigrants. His plan seeks to separate families by prioritizing “high-skilled foreigners” over the extended family members of people who are already here. Currently, there is also no provision for “Dreamers,” people who were brought