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Orlando Montoya (0:18)
Hello and welcome to the Georgia Today Podcast. Here we bring you the latest reports from the GPB newsroom. On today's episode One of Georgia's most high profile ICE detainees has been released after 15 months in federal officials are investigating another possible spill in the Flint river and volunteers with Habitat for Humanity return to Atlanta for the 40th Carter Work Project.
Alan Merrill (0:44)
The Carters didn't do it for show. They came to work so typically with the press. They would say, okay, we'll give you a few minutes at the beginning of the day to get to get your photos. But from then on we're working. We've got things to do. We've got a house to build.
Orlando Montoya (0:59)
Today is Monday, May 4th. I'm Orlando Montoya and this is Georgia Today. A double amputee who became one of Georgia's Most high profile ICE detainees has been released after 15 months in federal custody. Advocates for Rodney Taylor of Gwinnett county announced his release yesterday, saying the Liberian native's health deteriorated significantly while he was at Stuart Detention center in South Georgia. Taylor was brought to the US On a medical visa when he was two years old, overstayed his visa and received a pardon in 2010 for a burglary conviction that he pleaded guilty to as a teenager. He had a valid work permit and was in the process of obtaining his green card when he was arrested in January 2025. And in a written statement, Taylor thanked his advocates, saying, I am proof that when people organize and refuse to look away, we can win. No further update on his legal case was provided. Officials are investigating after a petroleum based substance was spotted in the Flint river near Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, GPB's Pamela Kirkland reports.
Pamela Kirkland (2:16)
Airport officials say they're working with environmental agencies to identify the material and source. Emails obtained by GPB show an alert was sent Wednesday, April 22. Officials say the petroleum based product appeared weathered and may have mixed with hydraulic fluid. The development comes as a separate investigation remains underway into a January jet fuel spill at the airport. That leak went undetected for eight days and led to the recovery of an estimated 28,000 gallons of jet fuel. In the airport's email, officials said the newly observed material does not appear to be related to that earlier incident. For GPB News, I'm Pamela Kirkland Georgia
