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Listen: Protestors rallied outside the downtown Tampa courthouse on Wednesday calling for a halt to the deportation of an immigrant mother and for all immigrants. Protesters shouted in support of Mabelyn Hernandez Diaz. According to the Tampa Immigrant Rights Committee, Hernandez Diaz is a nursing mother and asylum seeker with no criminal record facing deportation. …
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The 2nd District Court of Appeals court says that police officers can no longer stop cars they believe to have cannabis based on smell alone.
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Tampa author Aracelis González Asendorf talks about her book, Dressing the Saints, which explores the Cuban immigrant experience in America after their homeland falls under the grip of Fidel Castro.
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Environmental advocates discuss their win of court order to close Alligator Alcatraz because the government failed to comply with federal environmental laws. Florida has 60 days to dismantle the site. The order is on appeal and DHS vows to return immigrants to the site if they win.
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Listen: Last month, a judge ordered the state to start winding down a migrant detention center in the Everglades in response to a lawsuit claiming that Florida violated environmental law. Plaintiffs in the case explained what this means on Wednesday on WMNF’s Midpoint. Elise Bennett is a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity. …
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Listen: Environmental advocates are celebrating after a judge ordered Florida to shut down parts the Everglades migrant detention center within 60 days. The judge gave the state 60 days to remove many components of the facility, including lights, generators, gas, and sewage. The ruling also bans any additional detainees from being sent to what the…
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Last month several advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a woman who faced abuse at a Florida immigration detention center.
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The 8th annual Interfaith Welcome for Refugees took place at the Temple Terrace United Methodist Church, to help with back to school needs.
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Guest host Gary Gibbons discusses how Florida was able to create "Alligator Alcatraz" so quickly with taxpayer money, and how the Florida Government's budget cuts will act against Tampa Bay communities. With guests St. Petersburg Democratic Rep. Lindsay Cross, Anders Croy of the Florida Watch accountability project, and former Hillsborough Co. Commissioner Mariella Smith.
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Students for a Democratic Society held a march that started in front of City Hall to the Convention Center to protest against the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) Student Action Summit and the Trump administration. What started off as a peaceful protest quickly grew with aggression and frustration. At 3 p.m. participants gathered outside City Hall…
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Listen: Approximately 200 Marines have arrived in Florida from North Carolina to support ICE during its crackdown on undocumented migrants. One legal expert says this is lawful but questionable. U.S. Northern Command says the Marines will perform “strictly non-law enforcement duties” within ICE facilities. The country’s Posse Comitatus Act restricts federal troops from participating in…
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Listen: Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson tackled the topic of illegal immigration at a non-partisan political forum in Tampa on Friday. He praised the Trump administration’s crackdowns, but still says there’s more the federal government could do to make hiring foreign workers easier. At the Tampa Tiger Bay Club forum, Simpson argued that Florida…
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Listen: Governor Ron DeSantis is touting the state’s partnership with the federal government to crack down on undocumented immigrants at the governor’s press conference at a Florida Highway Patrol station in Tampa on Monday. DeSantis repeatedly noted the state’s involvement in 287(g), a controversial federal program that allows law enforcement more power on behalf of…
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Listen: A small Polk County political group is calling out the Trump administration in a big way. The Polk County Progressive Democratic Caucus is calling on for a general strike as well as an advisory against travel to the United States because of the crackdown on undocumented migrants by the Trump administration. Among other issues,…
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Listen: May 1st is May Day, and citizens across Tampa Bay are planning on protesting the Trump administration. In St. Petersburg, protestors will gather on two I-275 overpasses during rush hour. From 4:30 until 6 in the evening, demonstrators will protest the Trump administration’s actions they call anti-democratic and illegal. Amy Weintraub is with the…
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Listen: Earlier this month, police at the University of South Florida announced they planned to partner with ICE to enforce immigration laws. Now, USF faculty have signed on to a letter with other universities demanding that school leaders and campus police pull out of the agreement. They say the agreement erodes trust and sacrifices safety.…
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Listen: After thousands came out in Tampa and beyond to protest the U.S. government’s policies earlier this month, local activist groups are planning another anti-Trump demonstration on Saturday. This time, they’re asking the Trump administration to bring two Venezuelan immigrants home from prisons in El Salvador. Activists from Tampa are asking the Trump administration to…
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Listen: Dozens of police departments across Florida, including those in the Tampa Bay Area, have signed on to a federal program to help find and arrest undocumented immigrants- and immigration advocates are speaking out against the program. All county jails in the state are involved with the controversial 287(g) federal program. It allows state and…
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The global Red States offer citizenship based on blood while Blue States offer it based on land.
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Listen: Governor Ron DeSantis announced a special session on immigration – but one group says it’s a waste of time. The special session will likely carry out President-elect Donald Trump’s expected crackdown on immigration laws. DeSantis made the announcement at the State Capitol. “The state of Florida stands ready, willing, and able to be able…
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