This SUNDAY, ICE is mobilizing to deploy mass deportation raids. While they are focusing on several major cities, they have been known to stop buses for random ID checks in even remote locations.
Here's what you can do to help stop this: •ICE Checkpoints: If you see ICE checkpoints, you could ask why are they stopping, searching vehicles and where are they taking individuals who are being detained? •ID Checks: If ICE is asking for ID on a train, bus, or other spaces, refuse to show your ID – ask questions about why they are there in the first place and put yourself between ICE agents and undocumented individuals. •At Homes: If ICE agents are seen posted outside of homes inquire who they are searching for and why? •Ask for a warrant: Ask for a Judicial Warrant - ​signed by a judge​ ​- authorizing a formal search of your home. If they hand you a paper, make sure it's an actual judge-authorized warrant​ and not another piece of documentation. You do not have to let them enter without one. If they have a warrant, you must let them enter. •Record Video: The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals have the right to record law enforcement. If you see an immigration raid, please record or livestream the incident. •Name + Badge Info: Record badge numbers, license plates, and everything that happened in the incident by writing it down and video taping. As much as possible, try to learn and document what role ICE officers and local law enforcement played during the activity.​
I've been remarkably inspired by the generosity we've seen extended to the more than 250 asylum seekiers who have just arrived in Portland, Maine. A fund has raised more than $500,000 in donations to supprt their arrival while hundreds of volunteers have donated thousands of hours to help our new neighbors. While we're seeing rampant racism across the country, it's nice to be able to show that love really can overcome fear and hatred.
We all do better when we all do better. The Billionaire class knows it's a lot easier to point a finger at someone who looks different and blame those folks for our problems. It's a lot harder to join together, arm in arm, to defeat the real problem: the excesses and greed of the Billionaire Class.
This weekend, let's show them that Americans are not afraid of diversity, that the melting pot is alive and well, and that Lady Liberty's torch lights our way defiantly through the darkness.
Happy July and thanks for all you do. Be safe out there.
Regards,
~Diane Russell
Jul 12 at 9:11 AM PrintRaw message
Diane Russell
Dear Ray,
This SUNDAY, ICE is mobilizing to deploy mass deportation raids. While they are focusing on several major cities, they have been known to stop buses for random ID checks in even remote locations.
Here's what you can do to help stop this: •ICE Checkpoints: If you see ICE checkpoints, you could ask why are they stopping, searching vehicles and where are they taking individuals who are being detained? •ID Checks: If ICE is asking for ID on a train, bus, or other spaces, refuse to show your ID – ask questions about why they are there in the first place and put yourself between ICE agents and undocumented individuals. •At Homes: If ICE agents are seen posted outside of homes inquire who they are searching for and why? •Ask for a warrant: Ask for a Judicial Warrant - ​signed by a judge​ ​- authorizing a formal search of your home. If they hand you a paper, make sure it's an actual judge-authorized warrant​ and not another piece of documentation. You do not have to let them enter without one. If they have a warrant, you must let them enter. •Record Video: The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals have the right to record law enforcement. If you see an immigration raid, please record or livestream the incident. •Name + Badge Info: Record badge numbers, license plates, and everything that happened in the incident by writing it down and video taping. As much as possible, try to learn and document what role ICE officers and local law enforcement played during the activity.​
I've been remarkably inspired by the generosity we've seen extended to the more than 250 asylum seekiers who have just arrived in Portland, Maine. A fund has raised more than $500,000 in donations to supprt their arrival while hundreds of volunteers have donated thousands of hours to help our new neighbors. While we're seeing rampant racism across the country, it's nice to be able to show that love really can overcome fear and hatred.
We all do better when we all do better. The Billionaire class knows it's a lot easier to point a finger at someone who looks different and blame those folks for our problems. It's a lot harder to join together, arm in arm, to defeat the real problem: the excesses and greed of the Billionaire Class.
This weekend, let's show them that Americans are not afraid of diversity, that the melting pot is alive and well, and that Lady Liberty's torch lights our way defiantly through the darkness.
Happy July and thanks for all you do. Be safe out there.
Regards,
~Diane Russell
raybond
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I was watching the news and a total of 35 people were picked up.
what a fizzle.
raybond
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U.S. immigration authorities on Wednesday rounded up hundreds of undocumented workers in food processing plants during a sprawling operation in Mississippi that officials touted as the largest immigration enforcement sweep in a single state in U.S. history.
By targeting workplaces across six different cities in southern Mississippi, Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents, with the help of the local district attorney's office, apprehended approximately 680 undocumented immigrants.
At a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Mike Hurst said the large-scale raids collectively represented "the largest single state immigration enforcement operation in our nation's history."
CashCowMoo
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nothing wrong with removing people here illegally. Why do people act like its something normal?
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