Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Federal immigration officers have spread across Jacksonville in the past week, raising concerns among some residents that the government is overstepping the just powers it derives from the consent of the governed.
Tension arose on several fronts: The National Baptist Convention, meeting in Jacksonville, assailed the activities of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; a Jacksonville city official was suspended for an immigration-related post on social media; anti-ICE demonstrations cited the Declaration of Independence during a Downtown rally; and a local woman was accused of punching a state trooper and federal agents.
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