For over a decade, the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) has tracked trends in ICE raids in the New York area. Today, information about how the federal government is policing immigrants is more important than ever. This webinar will provide insight into IDP’s successful model of collective, coordinated tracking which relies on information gathered after an ICE encounter ends to bolster systemic change advocacy. It will address the impact of changing security risks as we do this tracking work under the current administration.
Documenting ICE policing tactics has informed IDP’s Know Your Rights materials and training for KYR Workshop leads, legal technical assistance for community members and attorneys, and helped expose the community harm of ICE raids. In 2018, IDP exposed a dramatic increase in ICE arrests at state courthouses, leading New York State to pass the Protect Our Courts Act which prohibits ICE arrests of people going to, coming from, or attending proceedings at New York State courts. Until 2022, IDP maintained a map of validated ICE raids that served as a key source of information for the press, elected officials, and the public. This work was made possible by the collaboration and support of community organizers and legal service providers who also saw its value.
Join us for a webinar to learn more about the process of documenting and identifying trends that can inform broad systemic change advocacy today. This webinar will be recorded and available to individuals who register and affirm they meet the registration requirements.
Speakers
Moderator: Marie Mark, Executive Director of the Immigrant Defense Project
Panelists:
a former IDP staff member who led our raids tracking during the first Trump administration,
a community partner from Make the Road NY with extensive experience talking with community members in the aftermath of an ICE encounter
a key digital security advisor to IDP’s current tracking work from Trestle
