{"id":185746,"date":"2026-03-10T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/185746\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:10:07","slug":"jack-porter-seeks-to-expand-national-profile-via-immigration-issue-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/185746\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Porter Seeks to Expand National Profile Via Immigration Issue \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F03%2F10%2Fjack-porter-seeks-to-expand-national-profile-via-immigration-issue%2F\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sfsi_wicon\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"fb-share-icon\" title=\"Facebook Share\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/fb_icons\/en_US.svg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Jack+Porter+Seeks+to+Expand+National+Profile+Via+Immigration+Issue https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/03\/10\/jack-porter-seeks-to-expand-national-profile-via-immigration-issue\/\" style=\"display:inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" nopin=\"nopin\" width=\"auto\" class=\"sfsi_plus_wicon\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/Twitter_Tweet\/en_US_Tweet.svg\" alt=\"Tweet\" title=\"Tweet\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It appears that Tallahassee City Commissioner Jack Porter has engaged with a national political consulting firm to promote her position on immigration policy.<\/p>\n<p>TR received an unsolicited email on March 3 from Seeker Strategies, an Austin, Texas based firm that is described as \u201ca progressive, Black and Brown-owned communications and advocacy firm that guides clients through an ever-changing cultural, political, and regulatory landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The firm focuses on communications and advocacy. The website states \u201cWe craft your story, tailor your message to the right audiences, and engage the press on your behalf\u2026We identify the decision makers you need to move, enlist influencers, and deploy campaigns to shape policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The email headline stated, \u201cCommissioner Jack Porter available to talk on background.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The email stated, \u201cTallahassee Commissioner Jack Porter is available to speak on background about what immigrants in her community are currently experiencing, and she can connect you with families affected by recent raids. The commissioner opposed the 287(g) agreement between the city of Tallahassee and the federal government this past October, and she\u2019s also to speak about the impacts this is currently having on immigrants in Tallahassee. Let me know if you\u2019d be interested in speaking with her, and I\u2019ll get you connected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The email was sent on the same day that Porter participated in a forum addressing local immigration policy and 287(g) agreements. During the forum, hosted by Leon County Indivisible (formerly Resist Trump), Porter criticized City Manager Reese Goad and Police Chief Revell for their cooperation with federal officials via a 287(g) agreement.<\/p>\n<p>For the record, Commissioner Porter has repeatedly ignored request for comments from TR.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F03%2F10%2Fjack-porter-seeks-to-expand-national-profile-via-immigration-issue%2F\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sfsi_wicon\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"fb-share-icon\" title=\"Facebook Share\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/fb_icons\/en_US.svg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Jack+Porter+Seeks+to+Expand+National+Profile+Via+Immigration+Issue https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/03\/10\/jack-porter-seeks-to-expand-national-profile-via-immigration-issue\/\" style=\"display:inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" nopin=\"nopin\" width=\"auto\" class=\"sfsi_plus_wicon\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/Twitter_Tweet\/en_US_Tweet.svg\" alt=\"Tweet\" title=\"Tweet\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; It appears that Tallahassee City Commissioner Jack Porter has engaged with a national political consulting firm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-185746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}