Sam Hamilton
Senior Litigation Staff Attorney at Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta who discusses local organizing and legal responses to proposed ICE warehouse detention centers.
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Feb 11, 2026 • 32min
Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons
Sam Hamilton, senior litigation staff attorney focused on immigration detention advocacy, discusses a leaked plan to build an 8,000+ person ICE warehouse in Social Circle, GA. He outlines local organizing tactics, legal and environmental tools to slow the project, and strategies to build broad coalitions and convert community opposition into a sustained campaign to shut down detention facilities.
Feb 14, 2026 • 3h 21min
It Could Happen Here Weekly 219
Amanda Nelson, creator of Amanda's Mild Takes, uses humor and sharp media critique to make politics accessible. Sam Hamilton, senior litigation attorney at Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta, explains local organizing and legal fights against proposed ICE warehouse detention centers. They discuss strategic humor, community mobilizing, litigation tools, and building long-term abolitionist coalitions.
