Demonstrators protest against Trump administration after signing of ‘One Big Beautiful Bill'

A sweeping new spending package passed by Congress known as the One Big Beautiful Bill sparked fierce backlash from civil rights advocates immigrant rights groups and progressive leaders including in South Florida A protest took place on Saturday in Pompano Beach President Donald Trump s One Big Beautiful Bill will allocate over billion to U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement which would make ICE the single largest federal law enforcement agency in the history of the country Locals in Pompano Beach joined area leaders as several chants against ICE were heard Protesters also carried signs as they raised noise against the Trump administration s perimeter and immigration goals which include detaining and deporting a record number of people from the U S We ve heard so much rhetoric demonizing our immigrants making people believe that somehow certain way of all immigrants are authentically illegal criminals disclosed Democratic Rep Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick This is a lie The event titled Voices Beyond the Walls Justice for Immigrants in Pompano Beach comes just a day after President Trump signed the new massive spending and tax bill Included in the domestic guidelines bill is a historic federal capital in immigration enforcement which alarms selected people in South Florida who say the Sunshine State has been the epicenter of immigration We deserve a voice We deserve to have care she declared Our communities deserve to be not living in fear for what Back in June the City of Miami agreed to partner with ICE under the federal project g Those decision-makers are presiding over a municipality of close to people the majority of whom are immigrants who are of immigrant backgrounds the majority of whom have family members or close loved ones who are undocumented reported Paul Christian Namphy political director of the Family Action System Movement This past week was the opening of the highly controversial so-called Alligator Alcatraz detention center in the Everglades The detention center also received its first detainees The majority horrendous spot on this Earth for people to be subjected to with mosquito the heat flooding and possibly this is hurricane season reported Ronnie Denbo a History major at Temple University We must put a stop to this If we believe in values of the American people that all of us are created equal Protestors declared they will not stay silent and will continue to make noise They also want local politicians to stand up for the large immigrant population that is in South Florida