WLRN Public Media | By Sergio R. Bustos
The Florida Immigrant Coalition, along with several other immigrant advocates nationwide, warns that the Trump administration’s national registry for undocumented immigrants will lead to racial profiling.
“We know historically that racial profiling has nothing but negative impacts on communities,” said Tessa Petit, executive director for the Florida Immigrant Coalition during a virtual news conference on Tuesday.
“People are already afraid to report crimes, go to work and send their children to school,” she said. “How much more isolated should they become?”
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