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🌱 How 130 emergency calls from Folkston’s ICE sites fuel a new fight

Folkston, Georgia Patch AM: a 3 min read

Greetings Folkston! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How 130 emergency calls from Folkston’s ICE sites fuel a new fight

Today's riddle: If you have 13 apples in one hand and 10 oranges in the other, what do you have ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; humid, with a high of 88 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 69.
  • Monday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 88 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A Trump Stronghold Grapples With Health Risks of ICE Detention Sites (gpb.org) — Folkston’s ICE detention facilities are cited for 130 emergency medical calls in a single year, raising concerns about health care and strain on local EMS. Those numbers are being used as a warning as Social Circle, Georgia, fights plans for an even larger immigration detention “mega center” that locals fear could overwhelm their small city’s infrastructure and public health systems.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Big hands ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Folkston

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