The badge of 287(g)

10/23/20 • 53 min

In some counties around the country, sheriffs don’t just enforce local laws - they also choose to enforce federal immigration laws. One sheriff’s office in Georgia has been working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the last 10 years. But this may all change after November.

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District Attorneys play a big role in our criminal legal system and many are asking if change can come from within that system.

We follow the story of two women in Georgia working in criminal law, each standing on a different side of how change happens.

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The Powerful Five

Every month, Georgia residents get an energy bill. The amount on that bill may seem out of our control, but it's actually determined by a group of five officials we elect: Public Service Commissioners. But as a local environmental justice activist learned while fighting a rate increase, who is - and most importantly, who isn’t - represented on the Public Service Commission matters a lot to the number we see on our energy bills.