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Austin, TX \u2013 Around 30 people rallied at Austin City Hall Saturday afternoon, March 21, against the Austin Police Department (APD) collaboration with ICE.<\/p>\n
Jesse Valdelamar of La Frontera Unida, the group that organized the rally, said that the city of Austin canceled its contract last June with the company Flock Safety. This came after community pressure over the presence of Flock surveillance cameras, which ICE has used to obtain data on immigrants.<\/p>\n
La Frontera Unida is a member organization of the Legalization For All Network. Valdelamar explained, \u201cThe demand \u2018Legalization for All\u2019 offers real, permanent relief for immigrants. Unlike the incomplete demand of \u2018abolish ICE,\u2019 \u2018legalization for all\u2019 would integrate the undocumented into the labor force, make it easier for immigrants to form labor unions, protect immigrants irrespective of nationality against the threat of deportation, and it will never expire.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Luxemburg, a member of Jewish Voice for Peace Austin, spoke about the role of the APD in protecting the rich and their property.stating, \u201cThose same guardians of capital are welcoming\u201d ICE into the city. \u201cThey\u2019re doing it behind our backs using Flock information from other cities. And they\u2019re doing it openly, collaborating in the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul Vonder Haar of Hands Off Central Texas said, \u201cWe don\u2019t want another dime to go to ICE.\u201d He continued to say we need to \u201cmake it so that when they come, they will have the fight of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jake Holtzman of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization said, \u201cAt the same time, as we continue to fight against Trump\u2019s agenda of mass deportations, we also recognize that Trump represents the system of monopoly capitalism. This whole system of capitalism must be overthrown and replaced by a system made by and for working and oppressed people. And that system is socialism!\u201d<\/p>\n
The Off Hand Brass Band played songs of protest, such as Which Side Are You On, between speeches and as the rally came to a close.<\/p>\n
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