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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAtlanta GA mayor signs EO stopping Atlanta from accepting new ICE detainees into the City jail
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Keisha Lance Bottoms
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I have signed an Executive Order stopping Atlanta from accepting new ICE detainees into the City jail. http://bit.ly/2tfe7a2 #FamiliesBelongTogether #KeepFamiliesTogether #OneAtlanta
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Signs Executive Order Pertaining to Separation of Families
Post Date:06/20/2018 3:10 PM
Mayors Office of Communications
55 Trinity Avenue, Suite 2500 Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Nikki Forman, Interim Director
404-330-6612, office
470-372-8753, cell
nforman@atlantaga.gov
Michael Smith, Press Secretary
404-546-1465, office
470-372-8752, cell
mismith@atlantaga.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2018
News Release
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Signs Executive Order Pertaining to Separation of Families
ATLANTA Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued the following statement.
I, like many others, have been horrified watching the impact of President Trumps zero tolerance immigration policy on children and families. My personal angst has been compounded by the City of Atlantas long-standing agreement with the U. S. Marshalls Office to house ICE detainees in our City jail. While this arrangement may seem hypocritical to my personal stance, the reality of the detention of those seeking legal status in our country is most often not if they are detained, but where they will be held. As we work as a nation to end this despicable immigration policy, the City of Atlanta will not take the risk of being complicit in the separation of families at the border. Thus, I have signed an Executive Order that prohibits the City jail from accepting any new ICE detainees.
I am concerned that the Citys refusal to accept detainees will result in individuals being sent to private, substandard, for-profit facilities in the state, as these facilities do not offer publicly-funded access to legal representation that may help detainees successfully challenge their immigration status, but the inhumane action of family separation demands that Atlanta act now.
On behalf of the people of Atlanta, I am calling upon the Trump Administration and Congress to enact humane and comprehensive measures that address our broken immigration system.
I have instructed City officials to closely monitor this situation and ensure that Atlanta continues to fulfill our legacy of inclusion, compassion and tolerance.
Click here to view the Executive Order.
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For more information about the City of Atlanta, please visit www.atlantaga.gov or watch City Channel 26. Follow the City of Atlanta on Facebook and Twitter @CityofAtlanta. Follow Mayor Bottoms on Facebook and Twitter @KeishaBottoms
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Atlanta GA mayor signs EO stopping Atlanta from accepting new ICE detainees into the City jail (Original Post)
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Jun 2018
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(61,698 posts)1. Resistance is not futile. nt