GALEO Hosted Event to Help Illegal Immigrants with Deferred Action Saturday

The Latino organization is helping undocumented young people with the application process for deferred action, which will prevent them from being deported.

GALEO in partnership with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Georgia-Alabama Chapter, and the Latin American Association, held a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Application Assistance Day on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Latin American Association located at 2750 Buford Highway in Atlanta. The goal of DACA Application Assistance Day is to help 300 DACA eligible individuals.  The DACA Application Assistance Day is being supported by over 100 volunteers that include immigration attorneys, attorneys, paralegals, and community members.  Due to limited resources and overwhelming demand, the DACA Application Assistance Day will only be available for members of the community in most need of free …

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Charles Schwable

8:28 pm on Sunday, September 16, 2012

No you need to look outside the box and not be focused on self.   more ›

Letters to the Editor

GA Latino Organization Reacts to HB 87 Ruling

Jerry Gonzalez, executive director of GALEO, released a statement about the recent appeals court ruling on the controversial immigration law passed in 2011.

Jerry Gonzalez, Executive Director of GALEO, released this statement regarding the 11th U.S. Circuit of Appeals federal court ruling on HB87: "The ruling against HB87 is a big win for our communities now, and opens the door for future litigation to stop the 'show me your papers' racial profiling provisions in the law.    We will not tolerate racial profiling in our state and will work with civil rights groups and the U.S. Department of Justice closely to monitor police activity all across the state with the help of community members.  In fact, community members who suspect racial profiling practices by law enforcement agencies can call our toll free hotline, 1-888-54GALEO, to leave a message for follow up.  All calls will be confidential …

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Rich "The Equalizer" Pellegrino

2:30 am on Saturday, August 25, 2012

Thank you Jerry Gonzalez for standing up for true justice! And thank you to the Cobb Police Dept who said they will not ask Cobb residents for their immigration papers and that they don't care about that because---in fact, this "law" makes their job harder and decreases public safety for all of us. (I wonder if you have to be smarter than a 5th grader to be a state legislator.)   more ›

Cobb Residents Dialogue for Educational Solutions at Community Forum

The Cobb United for Change Coalition plans to meet monthly to develop an action plan to change the community for the better.

About 15 members of various community organizations gathered on Thursday night at Trinity Baptist Church in Mableton to discuss issues they plan to address and help solve throughout the county. The group, Cobb United for Change Coalition, plans to meet on a monthly or bimonthly basis and establish an action plan to bring about changes they wish to see. A panelist of five community members answered questions about immigration, racial profiling, education, jobs and prison industrial complex during the two-hour session. Rev. Lionel Gantt of Cobb SCLC, Cobb Works Program Services Manager Lisa Davis, GALEO Executive Director Jerry Gonzalez, District Four County Commissioner candidate Michael Rhett and Southern Regional Prison Reform Minister …

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Melanie

8:37 am on Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Well said, HHM. As a parent, I hear of teachers having to stop class to discipline constantly. How can anything move forward when it's constantly being stopped?   more ›