Alerts about operations are published through direct messages, WhatsApp or posts in the summary of each page. In turn, it is possible to report the presence of unidentified immigration agents through special text messages or calls to specific phone numbers.
In general, users are required of basic data such as time, date, city, state, and exact location of the process, as well as photographs or videos when it can be documented. In addition to issuing alerts in the actual time, many of these pages offer free Legal guidanceNot only on immigration issues, but also on work rights, access to health, education and other major services.
Some active networks include this work:
Del Bario California Union
This pro -migrant organization maintains an active level Being on Facebook. It performs societal patrols to detect ice movement, participates in urgent alerts, and organizes workshops on legal rights.
Chirala
With a continuous activity on Facebook and other platforms, chirala Spread The notifications about raids, provide legal advice, and call for mobilizing citizens in the face of new raids.
Stop ice raid alert network
This network is distributed Emergency alerts It provides assistance to people affected by ice raids. In addition to social network accounts, it has a web page that allows people to receive geographical notifications in actual time.
Siembra NC
This organization works mainly in North Carolina. Through it Facebook pageThe hotline for those whose violations are enhanced (336-543-0353). Although its focus is on Alamance, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange, Wake, Randolph and Rockingham, it has a state level throughout the state of North Carolina.
Radsa
This project uses a joint alert protocol (CAP), a system for sending digital emergency alerts, to provide safe information on immigration and operating stations. It also publishes the front of society Reports And verify information with the support of the local population.
Inmigración visas
This portal focuses on immigration issues WhatsApp channel Where users can report raids, exchange experiences and advice. It also shares useful content on Facebook page and Website.
Signs
In addition to this IS ComplyAfe, an application created by a team of unknown developers that provide alerts in the actual time of ice activity. Through cooperative reports, application maps viewer Among the federal agents and unspecified vehicles, allowing migrants to avoid potential checkpoints.
Since Trump returned to the presidency, COMPLESSAFE has gained widespread popularity. The tool allows the combination of various filters based on the user’s website, the type of activity by the immigration authorities, and the time range.
This platform is fed through citizens ’reports, which are verified by a group of specialized supervisors. Dual language system, with Spanish and English support, has advanced safety protocols to help protect user privacy.
The main arrival
Given the increasing number of raids in the United States and uncertainty about the safety of detainees in these operations, examples such as some sectors of citizens have appeared an active role in digital spaces against the implementation of immigration policies.
In this context, about the widespread use of social networks between the immigrant community these platforms into major tools within the resistance movement. According to the data of the International Organization for Migration, by 2023, 64 percent of the immigrants who were in crossing across Central America, Mexico and the Dominican Republic – linked to the United States – were up to smart communication and the Internet during their journey. Among these, 47 percent of men and 35 percent of women used these devices to reach social networks.
This story was originally published on Wireless En español It was translated from Spanish.
