TAMPA – Anti-Trump administration “50501 motion” rallies befell throughout the Bay Space on Saturday. Protests had been reported in St. Pete, Clearwater, Zephyrhills, Sarasota, Spring Hill, and Tampa.
The “50501 Motion” was based in February in an effort to peacefully converse out towards the insurance policies and orders enacted by the Trump Administration.
Organizers stated it stands for “50 states, 50 protests, 1 motion.”
In Tampa, greater than 300 protesters organized at Cypress Level Park, close to the native Division of Homeland Safety workplace.
It was organized by PSL Tampa Bay, Pinellas DSA, ANSWER Suncoast, and extra in an effort to boost consciousness and decry native instances.
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PSL Tampa Bay Neighborhood Organizer Ruth Beltran stated, “We needed to ship a really robust message at that workplace that they should cease kidnapping group members.”
This comes after the households of 24-year-old Frengel Reyes and 26-year-old Luis Marcano Silva stated they had been wrongly deported to the El Salvadorian jail CECOT in February.
Reyes and Silva lived in Tampa however are each initially from Venezuela.
What they’re saying:
“These two folks I am particularly talking about are right here particularly within the searching for asylum course of. They weren’t undocumented. They filed their paperwork with ICE and so they had been going and following the authorized asylum course of,” she added, “They obtained letters asking to do their annual check-in on the ICE workplace. Nonetheless, after they confirmed up, they had been detained.”
Each are accused of getting gang affiliations. She defined, “They’re a part of the group that the administration is accusing with none proof that they’re a part of the Tren de Aragua gang. Nonetheless, they don’t seem to be in gangs.”
Each households stated they have not heard from both of them since.
“Their households are actually determined for solutions. They have no idea if these folks, they’re useless or alive as a result of they have not obtained any cellphone calls,” she stated.
Reyes’ spouse’s assertion to FOX 13
“My title is Liyanara Sánchez. I’m the spouse of Frengel Reyes, and right this moment I stand right here with my coronary heart in my hand to demand justice for the person I really like, for an harmless man.
Frengel Reyes will not be a prison, nor a terrorist. He’s a father, a husband, a working man, who, like many people, got here to this nation searching for a chance to dwell, to work with dignity, and to offer his son—though he isn’t his by blood—the love and care that solely a real father can present.
Since Daniel was barely three years previous, Frengel has been his information, his protector, his unconditional help. Day after day, night time after night time, he went out to work tirelessly, with the only real objective of guaranteeing that our house would lack nothing, that his son and I might have a dignified life, full of affection and safety.
As a husband, I will not say he is excellent—however I can say, with a damaged voice and a damaged soul, that Frengel is the noblest and bravest man I do know. He is my companion, my grump, my previous man, my skinny one. And right this moment, each day that passes with out him is as if a chunk of my life has been ripped from me.
I have not heard from Frengel since March fifteenth. The final time I heard his voice, he stated, “I really like you. Once I get to Venezuela, I will name you, love.” Right this moment is April nineteenth, and I am nonetheless ready for that decision… ready for that “I really like you” that by no means got here. And whereas I wait, each day, my son asks me with these harmless little eyes: “Mother, when will my dad be again?” And I, with my coronary heart in items, can solely say to him: “Quickly, son. Quickly.”
That is why I am right here. As a result of it isn’t honest {that a} good man, who got here to this nation searching for peace and work, is handled as if he had been lower than a human being. Frengel Reyes is harmless. My husband deserves justice. My son deserves to have his father again. I should hug my accomplice, my buddy, my previous man, and say “I Love You” once more.”
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A spokesperson from the Division of Homeland Safety advised FOX 13, the company can not reveal the identities of people being held at CECOT at the moment.
In an announcement, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated, “These people categorized as “non-criminals” are literally terrorists, human rights abusers, gang members and extra—they only don’t have a rap sheet within the US. This misleading “non-criminal” categorization is devoid of actuality and misleads the American public. We’re placing the American folks first by eradicating unlawful aliens who pose a risk to our communities. When Individuals break the regulation, they face penalties. Below President Trump and Secretary Noem, prison aliens and gangs lastly do too.
There IS due course of for these terrorists who all have closing deportation orders. Additional, now we have a stringent regulation enforcement evaluation in place that abides by due course of beneath the US Structure. Moreover, this isn’t a kidnapping, these are usually not our residents.”
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The Supply: Info for this story was gathered by FOX 13’s Jennifer Kveglis.
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