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February 28. Dorany Pineda & Elliot Spagat: Volunteers use bullhorns and sirens to warn immigrants when ICE is in their area: Before dawn this week, dozens of volunteers spread across Los Angeles to look for immigration officers.
March 21. Kevin Foster: Portland is building a model for migrant solidarity under Trump: As ICE raids ramp up across the country, Portland’s Asylum Seeker Solidarity Collective is building trust and community through mutual aid.
March 25. Jeff Abbott: ‘No nos vamos, aquí estamos’: Hundreds in El Paso march against Trump’s anti-immigrant policies.
March 29. Jose Iglesias & Milena Malaver: See the scene as hundreds protest ‘inhumane’ conditions outside Krome detention center.
June 8. The New York Times: Tensions Flare Between Protesters and Law Enforcement in L.A.: Police scuffled with crowds protesting President Trump’s immigration crackdown. California leaders demanded that Mr. Trump withdraw National Guard troops from Los Angeles.
June 9. Tori Apodaca & Richard Ramos: Sacramento protesters demand end to ICE raids, stand in solidarity with Los Angeles.
June 19. Rory Carroll & Daniel Trotta: LA Dodgers say they denied immigration agents access to Dodger Stadium parking lot.
June 30. Stephen Prager: Environmental and Indigenous Groups Mobilize to Stop ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: “This scheme is not only cruel, it threatens the Everglades ecosystem that state and federal taxpayers have spent billions to protect,” said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades.
July 1. Robert McCoy: ICE-Tracking App Skyrockets in Popularity After Trump Team Freaks
July 3. Reece Rogers: Trump Officials Want to Prosecute Over the ICEBlock App. The platform, which allows users to anonymously share the locations of ICE agents, is currently the third-most-downloaded iPhone app.
July 10. Billal Rahman: ICE Employee Quits: ‘Had To Make a Moral Decision.’
July 11. Natalia Gevara: How Organizers in California’s Central Valley Are Fighting ICE Raids and Deportations.
July 14. NBC: ‘It’s got to stop.’ Farmworkers call for 3-day strike after ICE arrests in Ventura County.
August 7. Janette Villafana: The Secret Brigade Hanging Defiant Messages Over One of L.A.’s Busiest Freeways.
August 13. Emma Uber & Lauren Morello: Checkpoint with ICE agents met by protesters in D.C.
August 20. Kimmy Yam: Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center.
August 30. Chloe Veltman: Musicians show support for longtime Utah violinist detained by ICE.
September. Julia Lurie: Inside the Scrappy Network of Volunteers Protecting Their Neighbors From ICE: On the ground with the Fuerza rapid response team in Waltham, Massachusetts.
September 19. Brianna Tucker & Amy B Wang: Congressional candidate thrown to ground during protest outside ICE facility:Kat Abughazaleh, 26, a Democrat running for the 9th Congressional District seat in Illinois, was among the demonstrators who clashed with federal agents.
September 19. Jaclyn Diaz: What ICE agents can and cannot legally do during arrests.
September 20. Gerardo Zavala: California bans masks meant to hide law enforcement officers’ identities.
September 22. 404 Media: We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract.
September 21. Eric Westervelt & Jessica Pupovac: In Chicago, ICE actions are triggering a new wave of political activism.
October 3. Bobby Allyn: Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House’s request to remove ICE tracking app.
October 5. David Edwards: ‘Very difficult situation’: Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms.
October 7. Jack Jenkins: In Chicago, clergy and faith-based protesters say ICE is threatening their religious freedom: Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who would Jesus deport?’
October 9. Jack Jenkins: Judge bars ICE from taking some violent actions against religious activists, journalists.
October 10. Sophie Sherry & Mariah Woelfel: Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her.’
October 16. Jazmine Ulloa: She Self-Deported. Now She and Other Crime Survivors Are Suing ICE. Lawyers argue that the agency’s new policies have led to the detention and removal of victims of domestic violence and trafficking, despite their legal protections.
October 16. Joseph Cox: Hackers Dox Hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ Officials.
October 17. Samantha Swindler: ‘Craftivism’ draws knitters, crocheters to Portland ICE protests.
October 24. Ryan Grenoble: ‘Polka-Dot Dress Lady’ Emerges As NYC’s Anti-ICE Folk Hero.
October 27. Alexandria Jacobson: ‘Is it safe?’ How one Chicago coffee shop took a stand against the ‘monsters’ of ICE.
October 28. Malavika Kannan: The Soccer Mom Who Strikes Fear Into the Heart of ICE. Meet Angelica Vargas, one of the most prominent of a new kind of activist: the ICE chaser.
November 6. Reema Saleh: Families Rally After Feds Take Chicago Daycare Teacher: ‘We Are Filled With Rage’: Hundreds of neighbors gathered in North Center demanding that federal immigration agents stay out of schools after a teacher was chased into and pulled out of a preschool by officers.
November 8. Kelly Hayes: In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together: “Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed,” says Mariame Kaba.
November 12. Heather Cherone: Chicago Will Stop Investing in US Treasury Securities to Protest ‘Authoritarian’ Trump, Treasurer Announces.
November 13. Siri Chilukurii: ‘MigraWatch’ trainings to ‘Whistlemania’ events: Chicagoans fight back against ICE raids.
November 17. Gwynne Hogan: As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles:Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
November 17. Dalfred Jones: Community groups train volunteers to monitor Border Patrol operations in Charlotte.
November 18. Spencer Chrisman & Akim Powell: Over 30,000 Charlotte students absent from school in protest of ICE operation.
November 19. Amanda Ulrich: Inside the dawn patrols where San Diego teachers track ICE: ‘We have to resist.’ With students terrified and arrests rising, educators turn activists – scanning streets, sharing alerts and defending the right to feel safe.
November 19. Odette Yousef: Grassroots resistance swells in the wake of the immigration crackdown in Chicago.
November 20. Jack Jenkins: Catholic clergy, nuns sue Trump admin over Communion access for ICE detainees.
November 26. Jessica Corbett: Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday: The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
November 29. Jeremy Lindenfeld: ICE Is Targeting Workers. Here’s How Employers and Unions Are Fighting Back.
November 30. Richard Hall & Rebecca Schneid: New Yorkers Appear to Foil ICE Raid Before It Begins, Highlighting Challenges for Trump in Nation’s Immigrant Capital.
November 30. Arun Venugopal & Louis C. Hochman: After protesters block ICE in Chinatown, NYC immigrant advocates pledge more resistance.
December 3. John Stanton: New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units.
December 8. Emily Cataneo: ‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids.
December 8. Bobby Allyn: ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and ‘unlawful threats.’
December 8. Holly Bartholomew: Hundreds of Washington County students stage walkout over ICE activity.
December 8. Rachel Handley: ‘Go somewhere else’: Manager locks Border Patrol out of Kenner store.
December 9. Hamilton Nolan: New Orleans Is Watching You, Fuckers. As the feds chase immigrants, a city chases the feds.
December 9. Jon Collins: Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block.
December 11. Sanya Mansoor: They’re the Heat on ICE: Stopping federal agents on Canal Street was just the start: Inside a resistance movement.
December 12. Iris Kim: ‘There’s power in numbers’: New Yorkers are banding together to protect street vendors from ICE.