Atlanta advances legislation to monitor ICE activity

The battle between Atlanta’s local leadership and federal immigration authorities intensified, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, as the City Council’s Public Safety Committee advanced two major measures designed to curb and monitor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within city limits. The move comes as armed ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents complete their second full day of deployment at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to assist with security lines—a federal move that has drawn sharp criticism from several council members.