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Grassroots org dedicated to fighting for immigrants' rights in Tampa | @legalizationforall chapter

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‼️Upcoming Rally ‼️

Join Tampa Bag SDS on 10/26 at 4:30pm on the corner of USF Palm and Fletcher for a rally to say NO ICE ON CAMPUS!

SANCTUARY CAMPUS NOW‼️
USFPD END COLLABORATION WITH ICE‼️
PROTECT IMMIGRANT & INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS‼️

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Tampa, FL – On the evening of Monday, October 12, activists from Tampa Immigrants Rights Committee (TampaIRC) held a press conference with the family of Adelaido Chavez Mariano, a Tampa Bay husband, father and Mexican immigrant, to demand transparency and justice following his brutalization and abduction.

Present were community members, Adelaido’s son Gandi Chavez, daughter Lizette Chavez and activists with TampaIRC and the Tampa Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (TAARPR). The press conference served as a way to get Adelaido’s family’s demands and the truth of his story out to the public.
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¡El cambio comienza desde las elecciones locales! 🗳️
La mayoría de las personas no participa en las elecciones primarias, y por eso es tan importante involucrarnos desde el principio.

Si usted es ciudadano estadounidense, o tiene hijos que ya son ciudadanos y cumplen con los requisitos para votar, por favor asegúrense de que estén registrados para votar y conozcan las fechas de las próximas elecciones.

Si necesitan ayuda con el proceso de registro o tienen alguna pregunta, ¡envíennos un mensaje!

Nuestra comunidad tiene una voz, y participar en las elecciones locales es una de las maneras de hacerla escuchar. Poco a poco podemos trabajar para mejorar las condiciones de nuestra comunidad aquí en Florida. 🇺🇸

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Tampa, FL – On September 17, community members spoke at a Tampa City Council meeting to demand that Tampa city council pass an ordinance to end their city’s collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

In February 2025, Tampa Police Department signed onto the 287(g) agreement which allows it to carry out the duties of ICE agents.

Since Trump’s second term, ICE arrests in Florida have more than tripled. ICE arrests in Florida account for 10% of all ICE arrests in the country, placing Florida second to Texas in ICE arrests. In Tampa, these arrests occur in predominantly immigrant and Latino neighborhoods. Local law enforcement, through the 287(g) agreement, is often seen partaking in these arrests.

“Immigration enforcement surges like this leave people hiding out of fear in their own communities,” Nico Baisley, a member of the Tampa Immigrant Rights Committee (Tampa IRC) said during public comment. “People miss work, children miss school.”

...Read more on fightbacknews.org

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Fotos y videos desde muy temprano esta mañana. Eviten la 75 llendo al norte desde cerca de big bend y hasta adelante de Brandon. Y como pueden ver están siendo señalados y detenidos simplemente por manejar camionetas de trabajo y camionetas con traila. Photos and videos since very early this morning. Avoid 75 heading north from near Big Bend all the way past Brandon. And as you can see, they are being pulled over and detained simply for driving work trucks and trucks towing trailers.

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Tampa, FL – On September 13, about eight activists with Tampa Immigrants Rights Committee held a sign-waving and tabling event outside a local Salvadoran restaurant in response to Trump’s threats to not renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans. It came in response to the call from Legalization for All, a network of grassroots groups across the country organized for immigrants’ rights.

The event included a barrio walk in response to ICE presence a few days ago in the neighborhood around Fletcher and Nebraska Avenues. The patrons at Nuestra Tienda, where the lunch rush was underway, were appreciative of Tampa IRC tabling outside, informing them of their rights, and keeping them updated on TPS’s status.

Also appreciative were the community members in the nearby neighborhood near where ICE was spotted, as folks enthusiastically took the know your rights material to defend themselves from ICE attacks, both for themselves and to distribute to their neighbors.

Attacks on and revocation of TPS is not new for the Trump administration. Since returning to power, Trump has revoked TPS for 13 countries, affecting over a million people in the U.S, including for Venezuela, Syria and Haiti.

TPS for Salvadorans remains in effect, as the deadline came and went without the Department of Homeland Security taking any action one way or the other. TPS for Salvadorans was the first TPS designation in 1990, coming after years of grassroots organizing after a civil war in El Salvador. It was renewed in 2001 after two devastating earthquakes made it impossible for people to return there.

The event reached dozens of people, some spoke about local police forces helping in immigration enforcement through the 287(g) agreement, which deputizes local police forces to act as immigration police, and which both Hillsborough Sheriff’s Department and Tampa Police Department have signed on to.

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join @tampairc at MOVIDA today! @migente_mipueblo

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This Saturday! Join the LGBT LATINOS OF FLORIDA- TAMPA BAY CHAPTER in our celebration 🍾 of Hispanic Heritage Month and 15+ year Anniversary for our Annual Community Picnic. Don't miss it! Family & Pet friendly. RSVP with link.

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Tampa, FL- On September 1, the Tampa chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a rally, formally launching a sanctuary campus campaign. The call for a sanctuary campus at USF comes with demands such as “No collaboration with ICE,” “End 287(g) cooperation with ICE,” “Protect immigrant and undocumented students” and “No Customs and Border Patrol at career fairs.”

SDS member Ryan Freymueller spoke, “Immigrant, undocumented and international students are an irreplaceable part of this campus We are here today to tell USF administration that we see our peers, we value them, and we will defend them.”

The energy of the rally matched this sentiment with chants such as “Power to the people, no one is illegal!” and “USF, shame on you, protect your immigrant students too!”

For the University of South Florida, a sanctuary campus means enacting policies that protect undocumented students and staff from immigration and customs enforcement. The Trump administration has prided itself on its violent and aggressive tactics toward immigrant communities by utilizing ICE, police and the National Guard. Additionally, the University of South Florida currently has an active 287(g) agreement, allowing campus police officers to act as ICE agents.

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L4A National Week of Action – Sept 9th – 13th

Three attacks are set to take place between September 9th and 13th:
1. Salvadoran Temporary Protective Status (TPS) expires September 9th
2. Trump vows to revoke 200,000 visas
3. The midterm Republican National Convention (RNC) September 9th and 10th

L4A calls on all affiliated grassroots organizations to hit the streets to reject Trump’s agenda, defend Salvadoran TPS, and demand a stop to the revocation of 200,000 visas.

BACKGROUND:
Salvadoran TPS, which was granted by President George W Bush March 9th, 2001 after two major earthquakes devastated the nation, expires on September 9th. 170,125 Salvadorans benefit from TPS which allows them to legally work and be free from risk of deportation. On July 27, 2026 Trump refused to renew TPS for Haitians and 350,000 of them now are forced to wear ankle monitors, have been terrorized, and deported. Haitian TPS was signed by President Obama in January 2010 after a tremendous earthquake wrecked Haiti. Meanwhile Ukrainian TPS has been extended for six more months. It was to expire on October 19, 2026 but was “automatically extended”, expiring now on April 19, 2027.

With Trump’s administration vowing to cancel over 200,000 visas, this could be the largest single mass revocation of visas in U.S. history. The visas in question are B-1 (business) and B-2 (tourist) visas which were issued between 2016 and 2026 (Trump’s first term was 2017-2021).

For the first time in U.S. history, the Republican Party is hosting a midterm RNC. It will take place in Dallas, Texas for two hours each day of September 9th and 10th. It is taking place at the American Airlines Center and the Trump administration is delivering another agenda that we fully reject.

L4A stands in solidarity with the Dallas Against Trump Coalition in their protest of the midterm RNC. In our national call to action, we denounce Trump’s and the Republican Party’s attack on immigrants – especially Salvadoran and Haitian ones. Escalated ICE terror and killings, detentions and deportations, have got to go. YA BASTA!

STOP TRUMP’S AGENDA – STOP ICE & THE DEPORTATIONS!

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we take a lot of pictures and organize for a Hillsborough County that works for all of us 📸

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ICE out of Pinellas County

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