‘They’re Playing With People’s Lives’: Double Amputee Detained by ICE Speaks Out at Public Events

Rodney Taylor, a Liberia-born barber and double amputee from Atlanta, was released on May 1, 2026, from Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center after being held since February 15, 2025 — a stretch his family says caused his health to deteriorate sharply. Now Taylor and his wife, Mildred, have turned to activism, appearing at public events to describe conditions inside ICE detention and the treatment of detainees with serious medical needs. “They’re playing with people’s lives,” he told the Guardian.