It takes a village - we all have a role to play in keeping each other safe.
This hub is provided for informational purposes only and is not legal advice.
The continued threats against immigrant communities by the Trump Administration took another horrifying turn last week when unconfirmed reports emerged that ICE agents descended upon Los Angeles parks, targeting and detaining nannies and caregivers and leaving children alone. These reports were determined to be rumors, stoked by the growing fear in our communities as escalating immigration raids at workplaces and public spaces continues. These threats and fears aren’t isolated – they are an attack on all our families and children, who look to the adults in their lives to keep them safe. And we are organizing to ensure that this moment in history never happens again.
While leaders in Washington spread false narratives that violent ICE raids are keeping American families safe, they are doing harm to all of our families – directly and indirectly – whether they are inhumanely deporting a mother of four from the home she has known for over 30 years, or placing our children in federal custody, away from the safety of their caregivers. Our ability to live in a world free from the fear and harm of being separated from our loved ones depends on one another. Joining together now is how we best keep our families and caregivers safe.
People across our country are more united than any pundit or elected leader would have you believe. We are united by the shared belief that all of our children deserve safety, that we all deserve to live without fear, and that safety is secured through caring relationships and community. In the face of rising attacks on our communities, we must band together to keep each other safe – we are only as safe as our neighbors. Raids and increased attacks on our immigrant neighbors create fear and instability in our communities.
If you are here, you recognize that these increased systemic attacks and spreading of disinformation are meant to disorient and further divide our people. You believe that people of all backgrounds have a role to play in fighting facism, and that those who live here are within their rights to denounce abuses of power. And you trust that our unity in the face of violence is our power – an attack on immigrants is an attack on us all.
It takes a village – we all have a role to play in keeping each other safe.
This toolkit is meant to be a resource to push back against inhumane and increased attacks on our neighbors, co-workers, friends, and family members, offering information on how to protect your community through organizing, combating misinformation and disinformation, and ensuring our neighbors and loved ones know their rights.
With the increase of ICE raids in workplaces and public places, we must take proactive steps to protect the rights of the people who make up our communities. Below, we outline resources to safeguard the Constitutionally-enshrined protections for employees and communities.
Visit the National Domestic Workers Alliance website to learn about your rights if encountering ICE in your community and in your workplace.
We know that we are stronger together, when we take action together and when we stay connected. We urge you to continue staying informed, showing up, and taking action. Today is a moment, but this is a movement because it takes a village.
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