Two big stories on the docket today:

First, Thomas has new reporting on TruthOut.org about how Miami and wide swaths of Florida have become a show-me-your-papers state, where fishing-while-Latino can get you stopped, frisked, and maybe detained. The proliferation of so-called 287(g) agreements with law enforcement, state agencies, municipalities and all manner of other organizations has become almost a virtue signal from those groups to let the most petty, vindictive governor in the country know that they're definitely on his side. Meanwhile, some cities have resisted signing onto these agreements, and somehow the sky didn't fall.

After that, we dive into the wrongheaded notion espoused by many in the Miami tech, real estate, finance and commercial sectors that a bunch of billionaires buying mansion and moving their wealthy retinue of flunkies here to take advantage of our tax code is a boon for our city. We use surveillance monster Palantir and its CEO Alex Karp's announcement of their "move" to Miami as the exemplar, but they're far from the only ones sheltering their vast wealth in a city that's just happy to cede soft power and influence in exchange for a few shekels.

Also, come stop by the City of Miami Commission meeting on May 14 at City Hall and let them know you don't support the Miami Forever Bond redux, and that these agencies should DEFINITELY not get bond money while signed onto these 287(g) agreements with ICE and DHS.

You can also let your voice be heard on May 14 at 9 a.m. at Miami Dade College Wolfson Compus where the Florida Department of Education will hold a hearing into a state rule aimed at banning undocumented students from Florida public colleges.

Here's Thomas' article from TruthOut:

https://truthout.org/articles/miami-police-have-become-a-show-me-your-papers-patrol-despite-public-opposition/