Chamian Cruz

The family of a 27-year-old Hispanic man who was incarcerated at Telfair State Prison has filed a lawsuit alleging guards left him to die after placing him in an outdoor “cage” for five hours without water, ice or shade. wabe.org/family-of-27-y…

Big News: The Conservation Fund has purchased the land Twin Pines Minerals, LLC was seeking to mine on next to the Okefenokee Swamp. I'll have a story coming. I don't post on here much anymore, but you can catch me on instagram @marisameckewabe !

Concerns are growing among press freedom and civil rights advocates over the case of a Spanish-language journalist fighting deportation from Georgia. #gapol wabe.org/explained-a-ge…

I spent time with Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and unable to speak. He was working at a car wash when ICE raided it. Diaz is a DACA recipient, allowing him to live and work in the U.S., but ICE arrested him and held him for weeks in El Paso. latimes.com/california/sto…

"Mario Guevara didn’t get arrested because he was undocumented. He got arrested because a local Doraville cop had an excuse to screw with a news reporter at a protest, and he took it." theatlantaobjective.substack.com/p/what-complia…

President Trump has significantly expanded ICE’s 287(g) program, which allows local police to act as immigration agents. In Maryland, at least five more sheriff's offices have entered 287(g) contracts this year. newsfromthestates.com/article/immigr…

Congratulations to the WABE Newsroom for multiple SPJ Green Eyeshade Awards!

Over several days in May, the Tennessee Highway Patrol sent a surge of cruisers along the streets of south Nashville, pulling over drivers as ICE agents in unmarked vehicles with flashing lights waited next to them. propublica.org/article/ice-de…

Georgia's Survivor Justice Act took effect on Tuesday. It gives domestic violence survivors increased opportunities to argue that they acted in self-defense, @xchamian reports. wabe.org/georgia-offers…

An immigration judge in Georgia on Tuesday granted bond for Mario Guevara, a well-known Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering a protest last month, meaning he will be free as the government seeks to deport him from the United States. wabe.org/immigration-ju…

Sandy Springs donates 8 cars to APF for cop city PIT maneuver training - APF then signs cars over to CoA making CoA responsible for them

Journalist Mario Guevara released from ICE custody on $7,500 bond cpj.org/2025/07/atlant…

Yomari, de 10 años, cruzó sola la frontera cuando su mamá murió en Guatemala. En Georgia, la acogió su tía. La menor tiene autismo y casi no puede ver. Ahora ICE amenaza con deportarla. 👉 uni.vi/hXK3106cUst

ICE took her mother in Chicago. Now a 6-year-old is left without a guardian or a legal path to reunite in Honduras. A story about the children left behind by deportations—and the lack of infrastructure to care for them in the U.S or for reunification. chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/ice…

FALSE. Accusations that Mario Guevara was arrested by ICE because he is a journalist are completely untrue. Mario Guevera was arrested by Dekalb County, Georgia police for willful obstruction after he refused to comply with local police orders to move out of the middle of the…

NAHJ condemns the arrest of journalist Mario Guevara while covering a protest in metro Atlanta and his subsequent transfer into ICE custody — an alarming affront to #pressfreedom and due process in the U.S. Read the statement: nahj.org/news