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Gainesville group circulates petition urging city, county to support immigrant residents

A coalition called the Gainesville Immigrant Neighbor Inclusion Initiative is collecting signatures on a petition asking city and county commissioners to publicly oppose what organizers describe as indiscriminate immigration enforcement and to reaffirm support for immigrant residents. The petition calls on local leaders to denounce certain arrest practices, oppose ICE office expansion into the community, and strengthen direct outreach to immigrant populations. The effort comes as Florida leads the nation in ICE arrests under 287(g) law enforcement partnerships, with organizers noting that Gainesville has been explicitly named in a federal request for information about new office leases.

Sources: The Gainesville Iguana