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Immigration
Deported Florida woman, subject of Netflix documentary, reunited with family three years later
A Polk County woman who became the subject of a Netflix documentary after facing deportation has been reunited with her family. It took nearly three years for Angel Juarez to get home and she is...
Advocate for migrants talks about the border situation and Grannies Respond
An advocate for immigrants describes what she saw at the Homestead detention center under the Trump administration and what she’s concerned about today on the U.S.-Mexico border. Joining WMNF’s MidPoint live by Zoom is Marina...
A union representing farm workers across the country Thursday delivered a petition to the U.S. Department of Labor calling for an end to what it calls corrupt practices among labor contractors who hire migrant workers...
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 02/19/20 from the drop down menu: https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Our guest today will be speaking afternoon at the St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs...
What has the Florida Legislature done in the last 2 days?
(Originally published 4/26/2019) A lot. Florida’s legislature has 60 days (though special sessions can be, and are often, called) to make lots of laws. In odd numbered years, like 2019, the session begins the first...
Vigil for victims of Customs and Border Protection violence
Last week, video was released of a migrant teenager who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody; it’s deaths like this – and of outright violence by U.S. border officers — that triggered activists to hold...
Saturday in Tampa: “protest against immigrant dehumanization”
After this story aired, the date of the protest was changed because of Hurricane Dorian. The “Fight Hate With Unity: Protest Against Immigrant Dehumanization” demonstration has been rescheduled for Saturday, September 7, 2019 from 3:00...
Immigration Expert Dispels Myths About Public Benefits
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 08/27/19 from the drop down menu https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up– we’ll look at immigration, why people come here- sometimes risking...
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 07/23/19 from the drop down menu https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll speak with a local elected Republican who has been...
WMNF Board Statement On The Treatment of Migrants in the US
This is an editorial statement from the Nathan B Stubblefield Foundation Board of Directors The current treatment of migrants and asylum seekers by our national government has reached the point of cruelty and human rights abuses. Daily, we...
Nationwide human rights demonstration “Lights 4 Liberty” comes to Tampa Friday
This Friday in Ybor City is a demonstration called Lights 4 Liberty Tampa, which is described on its Facebook event page as part of a nationwide protest against human rights abuses of migrants at the border....
What a Tampa resident saw from outside Homestead detention camp for migrant children
Human rights observers have reported on poor conditions at migrant detention camps near the border – some people are calling them concentration camps. Many young migrants are being detained in Homestead, Florida; WMNF asked a...
