Responding to Raids

Immigration raids are increasing in communities all around the U.S. AFSC compiled a list of resources to help your community respond to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid.
Resources in English >
Recursos para responder a redadas en español >
"No Human Being Is Illegal" merchandise
Show your support for immigrant communities by purchasing these materials. We have t-shirts, buttons, & bumper stickers.
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A Foot in Both Places
An interactive educational toolkit which focuses on how Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities have responded to the post–9/11 climate, and what types of alliances they have built to defend their civil rights and civil liberties.
For more information, or to get a free CD of the toolkit, write to bothplaces@afsc.org.
Rights on the Line:
Vigilantes at the Border
Developed as a tool for community education and human rights advocacy, Rights on the Line explores the true nature of the vigilante movement. It offers a provocative look at the growing role of armed vigilante groups and their attempts to play on anti-immigration scapegoating.
Order a copy of Rights on the Line
Documenting and Monitoring Human Rights Conditions in Your Community: An Activist's Guide
This guide seeks to build capacity among immigrants and refugees to engage in "participatory documentation," a process whereby those directly affected by specific abuses or violations are the ones actually doing the documenting, reporting, and advocacy themselves.
Download the guide (PDF)
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Echando Raices/Taking Root
AFSC’s bilingual video documentary on immigrant realities and immigrant rights. Now available on DVD, with bilingual update on fighting for immigrant rights in 2007 and beyond.
See immigrant stories from this video documentary on You Tube.
Order a copy of the Echando Raices/Taking Root
Know Your Rights
(Conozca Sus Derechos)
The best protection against arrests and ICE raids is to stay calm and exercise your rights.
En Español
Trade & Migration
A huge majority of migration is economically fueled and immigration has become increasingly criminalized in the U.S. as a result of the economic insecurity of the global economy. Trade agreements increase and protect the mobility of capital across borders but do not allow humans that same right.
Visit AFSC’s Trade Matters campaign
Issue briefs on Trade & Guest Worker Programs from AFSC's Trade Matters campaign.
What’s happening now with verification of Social Security Numbers and Employers?
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