Latest news with #JacksonvilleImmigrantRightsAlliance
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Jacksonville demonstration shows solidarity for Los Angeles anti-ICE protests
Welcome to the Tuesday edition of Jacksonville's Morning News for June 10, 2025. First Alert Meteorologist Garrett Bedenbaugh is tracking more storms today along with continued heat. High temperatures will return to the 90s today before rain and storm coverage increases in the afternoon. A summer-time pattern continues with daily rounds of showers and thunderstorms alongside hot and humid conditions. Three Big Things to Know: People gathered in Jacksonville to stand in solidarity with protestors in Los Angeles calling for an end to immigration raids. "I think that its really important that when people are scared like this they feel like they cant come out to these protests they feel like they cants be visible so we have to be visible for them.', said Jamison Collin-Morita with the Jacksonville Immigrant Rights Alliance. Many protesters say they'll be back today to stand against a proposed ordinance before City Council. It would block any city money from going to undocumented migrants. President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to help respond to protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids. The authorization came after a day of mostly peaceful protests Monday. The 2,000 Guard members are an addition to the 2,100 Guard troops the president previously mobilized for the protests Sunday morning. Trump also deployed 700 Marines to help them Monday. Governor Gavin Newsom called the deployments reckless and 'disrespectful to our troops.' Trump said Monday that the city would have been 'completely obliterated' if he had not deployed the Guard. A teenager is seriously hurt in a crash involving an e-bike in Nocatee. The boy failed to stop for a vehicle at Rialto Drive and Nocatee Village Drive late yesterday afternoon when he was hit. He was taken by helicopter to a hospital for treatment. This comes just days after St. Johns County leaders decided against an ordinance that would add stricter rules for children riding e-bikes. Commissioners were considering a ban on kids under 14 from riding them, and setting strict speed limits. Instead, they passed a resolution encouraging riders to be safe. Florida Senator Ashley Moody is pushing a bill that could make it easier to remove illegal immigrants. Moody and other Republicans announced yesterday they have introduced the REMOVE Act. It calls for removal proceedings to be concluded within fifteen days after they begin. Moody says this legislation is critical to allow for the prompt removal of aliens who have already been ordered removed. The agency formed to grow Jacksonville's downtown has a new leader. The Downtown Investment Authority hired Colin Tarbert as its new CEO yesterday. He comes from Baltimore where he worked in economic development. Tarbert replaces Lori Boyer, who's retiring after six years in the role. Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan says Tarbert has the experience, vision and passion needed to build on downtown's fast-growing momentum.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Jacksonville advocacy groups protest deportation efforts as ICE conducts mass operation
Community members and advocates gathered in Jacksonville on Saturday to demand an end to federal, state, and local deportation efforts. A rally organized by the Jacksonville Immigrant Rights Alliance took over the sidewalks at the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Southside Boulevard. Participants chanted and displayed homemade signs to cars passing by in hopes of getting their message across: 'We want to show not just the immigrant community but our elected leaders… we don't stand for these mass deportations," said Maria Garcia, a member of the Jacksonville Immigrant Rights Alliance. 'We don't stand for these attacks on immigrants. We don't stand for third country deportations and the flouting of the rule of law in this country, the flouting of the constitution. We don't stand for it and we're gonna keep fighting until we win.' A pastor from Riverside Church also spoke to the group, recalling stories she'd heard from immigrant members of their congregation. 'In Matthew 25, Jesus said, 'I was a stranger, and you welcomed me,'...so many people forget,' said Reverend Maddie Hilt. The rally happened just hours after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the results of a 'first-of-its-kind' partnership between state and federal agencies this week. According to ICE, its Miami branch, in collaboration with Florida law enforcement, arrested nearly 800 undocumented immigrants in the first four days of 'Operation Tidal Wave.' The agency then pushed to a webpage on its 287(g) program, which enables partnership with state and local law enforcement. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office signed an agreement to participate in the program's Task Force Model in February, according to ICE. The University of North Florida's campus police have done the same. 'Jacksonville is setting the standard for cities across America. We are taking decisive action to ensure our community is safe and we are fully supporting federal and state authorities in enforcing immigration laws,' said City Council Vice President Kevin Carrico, following the passage of a local immigration bill. 'This policy demonstrates our commitment to upholding the rule of law and protecting the interests of our citizens.' [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks]on The decision of local agencies and city leaders to join in on the national immigration crackdown does not sit well with Saturday's protestors. 'We want to show them that this is not popular legislation, that this is not going to win them voters. In fact, we are going to vote all politicians that support this kind of discrimination, xenophobia, out of office,' said Garcia. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
