ajcnews Rodney Taylor’s stay in a South Georgia immigrant detention facility is over. Facing imminent deportation to Liberia during his time in federal custody, the Gwinnett County barber has instead been able to reunite with his family — a first since his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in January of 2025. In the months that followed, sustained activism in Georgia, and the involvement of lawmakers at both the state and federal levels, made Taylor among the highest profile ICE detainees under President Donald Trump’s second administration. Taylor’s release was confirmed Sunday evening by Georgia nonprofit organizations including El Refugio, which supports detainees at ICE’s Stewart Detention Center, about 140 miles south of Atlanta. That is where Taylor was held since his 2025 arrest. No details were shared about the legal developments that made Taylor’s release possible, or the current status of his immigration case. “We kindly ask that the family be given space and privacy at this time as they reunite after this long separation,” the nonprofits wrote in a statement. Find his GoFundMe campaign and more info about his arrest and release at the link in our bio. 🖋️ : Lautaro Grinspan 📸 : Arvin Temkar / AJC View all 10 comments