Georgia congressman urges ICE to increase raids in metro Atlanta

A Georgia Congressman wants to see a surge in immigration raids across metro Atlanta after a new summary shows nearly undocumented immigrants living in Georgia Gwinnett County is home to a large immigrant population There are people there who are worried there will be a surge in ICE raids like the ones seen in Charlotte U S Rep Buddy Carter announced he wants the raids to keep Georgians safe Opponents say he s scapegoating immigrants Yes I have sent a letter to ICE and to DHS to send more information to Atlanta Carter declared on Friday Atlantans Georgians they need to feel safe That s why we need the extra guidance from the federal regime from DHS and ICE to make sure that we are getting rid of these dangerous illegal immigrants that are here in this country I thought it was despicable Democratic state Sen Nabilah Islam Parkes revealed who represents parts of Gwinnett County Back in the spring we saw anti-ICE protesters marching through Norcross She accused Carter of trying to deflect attention away from President Donald Trump and the financial sector I think it s the tactics of a failed politician trying to deflect blame because right now we have an affordability situation and it s the Republicans who are to blame And he s trying to scapegoat immigrants Parkes noted Meanwhile people across metro Atlanta are on edge for any surge in ice activity When people in southeast Atlanta saw military helicopters flying low on Wednesday night social media lit up with rumors of an ICE raid It wasn t It was an unrelated military exercise Still people are worried Stephan Sellers is with a group organizing multiple of these anti-ICE marches What we re seeing is that yes you know immigrant communities are very scared because they re being scapegoated right now by these far-right sections of the political class Sellers announced Read more at WSBTV com The post Georgia congressman urges ICE to increase raids in metro Atlanta appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta