Ga. protest draws nearly 100 demonstrators outside ICE office
ATLANTA, Ga. - Nearly 100 people were outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Atlanta on Thursday to protest recent deportations and visa revocations.
“We want to speak up for immigrants who are being treated unfairly and in an un-American way without due process,” said Karen Peterson, a protester.
“April 4, I received an email from the international student services at my school saying that they just found out as well that my I-20 has been revoked,” said an international student who didn’t want to share her identity. “I was freaking out ... very anxious. It felt like the world was falling apart.”
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She’s not alone. The state department won’t give exact numbers, but The Associated Press estimates over 900 students from over 120 schools have had their visas terminated recently.
“What’s happening in America right now is not American,” said Lanni Hill, a protester.
This is on top of recent ice crackdowns seen across the country and here in metro Atlanta since President Donald Trump took office.
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“We’re getting them out of the country,” Trump said.
“My dad was deported when I was young, and unfortunately, my uncle was deported recently, so I’ve been personally affected by a lot of this,” said Aurelia Vanderwilde, who was at the protest.
Vanderwilde said she sympathizes with those being deported and the international students whose fates are now unclear.
“They did everything the right way, then all of a sudden their visa is revoked,” she said. “That’s a whole other level of pain that families should never be going through.”
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