ACTION GUIDE

In response to increased Immigration Customs and Enforcement’s harm to our communities

A living document and action guide born from our Community Forums on Immigration. Please share and join these actionable steps in response of increased ICE presence and harm to our communities.

INDIVIDUAL LEVEL

GRASSROOTS LEVEL

  • Strategically organize stealthily (go underground as needed)

  • Join and create mutual aids to address hyper specific needs

  • Get involved with local grassroots organizing with organizations like C2C

  • Connect community members to trusted resources.

  • Meet with elected officials to develop trusted relationships with them in order to influence and create policy change.

NON-PROFIT LEVEL

Create and sustain safety spaces for affected populations.

Convene and support grassroots and organizations responding to recent ICE actions.

Create and share internal policies that address responding to potential ICE actions that may affect immigrants and communities of color.

Fund mental health responses to ICE action in schools, community groups, and local clinics.

Fund organizations and grassroots efforts addressing the needs of affected populations, including multi-year funding for sustainability.

Directly fund legal responses to ICE actions.

Arch of Healing and Reconciliation

SYSTEMS LEVEL

  • Uphold the United States Constitution’s 14th amendment in your response to increased ICE presence and action

  • School districts, school buildings, universities, and colleges

    • Create a response plan in case ICE shows up in district, school, universities, and colleges buildings

    • Create an action plan to respond to families impacted by ICE actions

    • Make volunteering an easy and accessible process by streamlining the inquiry/application process and employing a volunteering coordinator.

  • Cities, County Government, Justice System

    • Exhaust all legal recourse to protect County population negatively impacted by ICE actions. If ICE is engaging in actions that are in direct harm to the community and/or go against the law, respond swiftly and take necessary legal actions

    • Approve/enact laws and other policies that would require ICE officers to identify themselves to ensure transparency and protection

    • Repeal any policies and practices that harm immigrant and migrant populations.

    • Re-assess and operationalize recommendations made by the Immigrant Advisory Board.

    • Present findings and recommendations from the KWWA Workgroup to the community through multiple forums, aiming at reaching the entire county.

    • Provide more communication to community partners and orgs on compliance to the KWWA.

    • Language Access: publicize all interpreters and interpretation services on city and county sites. Fill the gap of language access for (Mixteco and all variants, Aguacateco, Chalchiteco, Mam, Triqui, Dari, Pashto, Qʼeqchiʼ, Kʼicheʼ, Qʼanjobʼal, Poqomchi, Arabic, Punjabi).

    • Meet with grassroots leaders to create trusted relationships with them in order to influence policy change and/or create policy change.