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Migrant advocates will hold vigil and “noise demonstration” in Ybor City Friday night
In a tweet this week, President Donald Trump announced that ICE will start deporting millions of people from the U.S.; that’s not the only thing upsetting advocates for immigrants. There’s also the Trump administration’s family separation policy and the recent trial of a man in Arizona who provided humanitarian aid to people traveling through the… Read more »
World Refugee Day celebration Friday in St. Petersburg
The United Nations celebrates World Refugee Day on June 20; in St. Petersburg there will be a celebration of refugees on Friday. One organizer is Doug Haskett, the program coordinator for PREP, the Pinellas Refugee Education Program. He says the number of refugees allowed into the United States has declined drastically under President Trump. “In… Read more »
Private company helped DHS spy on “family separation” demonstrators
In the summer of 2018 there was a widespread protest movement of people upset at the Trump administration’s “family separation” policy of separating migrant kids from their parents at the border. According to a report in The Intercept, a private company compiled a list of these protests happening across the U.S. It then gave that… Read more »
Debate in Legislature as Florida Senate passes “sanctuary city” ban
On Friday the Florida Senate passed a bill that would force local governments and police departments to cooperate with federal authorities who enforce laws on immigration. The bill that would ban what are known as “sanctuary city” policies passed the State Senate on a 22-18 vote, mostly along party lines. A day earlier the Florida… Read more »
Tampa Bay SDS destroys a mock ‘border wall’ at USF
President Donald Trump has backed off his threats to close the U.S.-Mexico border; but he’s still going full steam ahead on plans for a massive wall along the border. There’s a protest against that wall this afternoon on the University of South Florida Tampa campus. WMNF interviewed David Jones, a first year student at USF… Read more »
Occupy ICE Tampa protest against Trump border wall
Last Friday President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border in order to access disaster funds to build a wall between the two countries; now, local groups are planning a rally Tuesday called Block The Wall Tampa. WMNF interviewed PJ Plastino, a member of the Tampa Bay DSA (Democratic Socialists of America)… Read more »
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Activists Protest Killing of Civilians by Border Patrol
Last Wednesday in Tampa’s Ybor City a group of about a dozen people protested the killing of people in Mexico by US Border Patrol agents. The Associated Press is reporting this morning that: “U.S. authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year to repel about 150 migrants who tried… Read more »
SDS at USF rally to protect undocumented students
On Tuesday the group Students for a Democratic Society at the University of South Florida is hosting a rally on campus to draw attention to immigrants’ rights and to ask the school not to cooperate with federal agencies cracking down on undocumented students. Their “Immigrants are here to stay: rally!” is next Tuesday at 1:35… Read more »
Occupy ICE Tampa sets up encampment
About ten people set up camp Thursday evening outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office near the Tampa International Airport; they’re upset about how ICE has detained migrants crossing the US border and has separated children from their parents. WMNF News interviewed Syd Eastman. She is with the Sex Worker Solidarity Network, one of the… Read more »
