"Massive Groups of Volunteers Are Ready to Face Down ICE at the Polls" #ELB

"Massive Groups of Volunteers Are Ready to Face Down ICE at the Polls" #ELB

Wired: Baiman’s group is responding to the threats from the Trump administration to target immigrant communities during the midterms. Dozens of volunteers are already patrolling near early voting sites in Columbus every day, Baiman says, and the figure will rise … Continue reading “Massive Groups of Volunteers Are Ready to Face Down ICE at the Polls” →

Massive Groups of Volunteers Are Ready to Face Down ICE

“From heat maps to Signal chats to war rooms, volunteers across the U.S. are ready to act if federal immigration agents show up on Election Day,” Wired reports.

Massive Groups of Volunteers Are Ready to Face Down ICE at the Polls

From heat maps to Signal chats to war rooms, volunteers across the US are ready to act if federal immigration agents show up on Election Day.

Volunteer Group Mobilizes to Monitor ICE Activity at Polling Places

The Board of Elections at 1700 Morse Street in downtown Columbus, Ohio, is an early-voting site for next week’s midterm elections—and sits in the middle of a large Somali American community targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Operation Buckeye last December. Although the operation produced a small number of arrests, several months of [...]