The manifestations of Los Angeles, which They meet this Friday a weekhave been replicated in corners of the country as Texas and New Yorkbut in Florida, where one in five residents is immigrant, there was only one in Tampa that summoned about 200 people last Monday.
The situation will change this weekend, when activists have summoned a Explicit protest against ICE in Homesteadcity south of Miami with almost 40 % of its inhabitants born abroad, and one of the largest communities of Mexicans in Florida.
This adds to the nearly 75 demonstrations in the state, including Miami, as part of the ‘No Kings’ protests (not kings) that will occur nationwide Before Trump’s birthday and his military parade for the 250 years of the army, with The most significant in Mar-a-Lago, president’s club in Palm Beach.
But activists consulted by EFE perceive fear among the community to demonstrate peacefully before the deployment of 4 thousand elements of the National Guard and 700 Marines in Los Angeles, Without authorization from the governor of California, the Democrat Gavin Newsom, in addition to the warning of the governor of Florida, the Republican Desantis, and his officials about respond strongly.
“It is a bad scaling and all that will happen here in Florida, especially because we have a community that It is mostly black and brunette“, Said Esi Burgos, a student at the International University of Florida (FIU) and part of the ‘Ice Breakers’ movement.
In a protest against an agreement between ICE and FIU for the University Police to arrest undocumented, the student Dariel Gómez agreed that there is one “Culture of fear”For the persecution of migratory agents and the use of force against protesters, as in Los Angeles.
“Definitely, I think people are afraid. I will not say that the same thing will happen here in Miami, but it is more than we see how the immigration agenda at this time in the country is resulting in many violations of lawsof constitutional rights, ”he said in an interview.
Florida promises jail or death
The controversy was exacerbated after a conference by the Attorney General of Florida, James Uthmeier, who announced a program for Thursday to Protect the ICE agents from protesters And he warned that the State “He will not tolerate” protests like CaliforniaIn addition to remembering that there is a state riot law since 2021.
Belvard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey warned that conference of jail or death for protesters that incur violence.
“If they hit one of us, they will go to the hospital and prison, and most likely is that one of our great and beautiful dogs bite them. If you throw a brick, a bomb or point to any of us, we will notify your family where to collect their remains because we will kill them“, warning.
Governor Desantis also pointed out in message that Floridan drivers They can overwhelm the protesters if they surround their car.
ICE, omnipresent in Florida
The protests also become relevant because Florida is a leader in the application of Trump’s immigration policy, as the governor has promoted the agreements called 287 (g) that force the authorities of the authorities of the 67 counties to cooperate with ICEin addition to proposing that the Florida road patrol make its own raids.
Also, prosecutor Uthmeier announced Thursday that Florida will be the first state to have an ICE link officer assigned for “Strengthen the application of immigration law“And have” a direct line of communication “between the Federal Immigration Service and state and local authorities.
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