Doral Community Leaders Push City to End Immigration Agreement
Residents say the agreement has fueled raids, closed restaurants and pushed up to 40% of some businesses' clientele away, according to local owners.
- Immigration advocates gathered at Doral City Hall on Wednesday, presenting approximately 170 signatures demanding the city rescind its 287 agreement authorizing local police to conduct immigration enforcement under ICE supervision.
- With the largest Venezuelan population in the United States, Doral voluntarily signed the agreement under Mayor Christi Fraga, contradicting her claims that state law mandated the partnership.
- Economic damage is spreading as residents avoid shopping in fear of deportation; restaurants like Chaguarma Grill announced closures after losing up to 40 percent of their clientele.
- Doral Councilman Rafael Pineyro, a Trump supporter, responded with an ineffectual letter stating the "law can be enforced without losing our humanity," while critics labeled his approach "do-nothing."
- Thomas Kennedy, Policy Analyst with the Florida Immigrant Coalition, emphasized that municipalities retain the ability to decline cooperation, citing South Miami's successful pushback against state pressure.
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For years, Doral was known as “Doralzuela”, an enclave of the Venezuelan community in southern Florida. Today, the movement in its streets and shops seems to have lost intensity. Residents and traders link this change with the increase in migration operations and the presence of federal agents, amid a climate of uncertainty that transcends homes and businesses and settles in the political debate. Report by Antoni Belchi for France 24.
Miami (USA), Oct 7 (EFE).- Activists and residents of Doral, the city with the highest proportion of Venezuelans in the United States, demanded that City Council break its agreement with the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) and that this city of Florida cease to be "epicenter" of the deportations of the country.Eleazar Guevara, entrepreneur and member of the Venezuelan American Caucus (VAC), handed over to the Doral Council signatur…
Doral community leaders push city to end immigration agreement
Community leaders and activists in Doral say they see little common ground with city officials over the city’s 287(g) agreement with federal immigration authorities, despite efforts to open a dialogue.
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Venezuelans in South Florida Demand End ICE Partnership as Immigration Crackdown Fuels Midterm Backlash
Venezuelan residents and immigrant advocates in Doral, Florida, are demanding that city leaders end their cooperation agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as anger over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown spills into the final weeks before the midterm elections.
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