The Florida Rising Voices Collective (RVC) political organization and other activists requested this Friday that the mayor of Miami, Francis Suárez, shows the agreement approved on Tuesday by the City Council so that the local police cooperate with the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) in the arrest of irregular migrants.
The director of Voting Registration of RVC, Juan Osorio, denounced that the agreement is “dangerous and unnecessary”, in statements to Efe when meeting with other activists in the Torch of Friendship, in the city of Miami.
This monument, built in 1960, symbolizes a city with open doors towards immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean, whose cusp shines permanently that becomes a welcome lighthouse to those who arrive in the United States.
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The agreement, called 287 (G), establishes a direct collaboration between the Local Police and ICE to identify, stop and facilitate the deportation of people in an irregular administrative situation.
“This is incredibly dangerous for our community”, since the measure “would absolutely collapse trust” between migrants and the local police, because people do not want to risk being arrested, Osorio said.
The activist warned that on Thursday, June 26, the Miami-Dade County Commission will vote another agreement with ICE that would allow ICE to pay $ 50 to apprehend a migrant for 48 hours in a local prison, in addition to granting “reasonable access to all detainees” and “discretion” about what information to share.
Therefore, Osorio and representatives of other organizations, such as Equality Florida and Miami Democratic Socialists of America, called the community to go to the Government Center that day to give their testimony against the pact.
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The representative of RVC added that the Democratic candidate for mayor of the city of Miami in November 2025, Ken Russell, accompanied the protesters during the meeting at the City Council of Miami, and hopes that he will continue giving them his support on Thursday during the vote of the agreement in the Miami-Dade County.
This Friday coincides with World Refugee Day, in a week that activists have denounced threats to civil rights in Miami for a measure that they consider to feed discriminatory practices in a city that is characterized by their diversity and immigration history, since more than half of the population was born outside the US.
With EFE information
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