ICE Raids on Building Sites Stoke Fear, Uncertainty

ICE’s construction site raids threaten a sector dependent on immigration

Half of the 200 people who were working on a student residence hall near Florida State University last Thursday did not return home. They were arrested in an operation involving ICE immigration authorities, the Florida Highway Patrol, and other federal and state agencies. It is not the first time this has happened. Just a few days earlier, 31 workers were arrested at two construction sites in Laredo, Texas, and another 33 suffered the same fate …

ICE raids on building sites stoke fear, uncertainty

Law enforcement officers arrested construction workers in San Antonio, New Orleans and Tallahassee, Florida, last week.

Hundreds rally at Florida Capitol against massive ICE raid

Tallahassee, FL – On Friday, May 30, more than 400 people gathered at the Florida Capitol to protest a large-scale ICE operation carried out Thursday, May 29, on a construction site in College Town, a neighborhood a few streets away from Florida State University. The emergency protest was called by the Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance (TIRA). Speakers led the crowd, which spanned the entirety of the Capital complex, in chants such as “¡Aquí…