Updated: 6:09 p.m. January 12, 2009

Criticism of Gwinnett deportation ‘surge’ grows

By ANDRIA SIMMONS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, January 12, 2009

A nonprofit coalition called Georgia Detention Watch on Monday joined a growing chorus of disapproval over a program to deport illegal immigrants in the Gwinnett County jail.

Other organizations such as Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment and the Concerned Black Clergy have also voiced opposition to federal immigration officials’ 26-day “surge,â€