HERE’S THREE THINGS YOU CAN DO ABOUT ICE RAIDS IN LOS ANGELES RIGHT NOW

This weekend’s shocking and violent raids in Los Angeles are meant to be a show of force from the Trump regime. This is about instilling fear and terrorizing Angelenos. But we can fight back.

Given the latest news about National Guard Deployment, we expect raids to continue and encourage community members to be safe and thoughtful.

The Trump regime’s raids have terrorized our community this weekend. Students and parents targeted at schools. Lawyers illegally denied access to speak to those detained. Protestors and observers brutalized.

The LAPD has abetted the raids in the name of “preserving public safety”, in violation of the spirit if not the letter of LA’s Sanctuary City Ordinance. Angelenos protecting our communities are not a threat to public safety, militarized agents kidnapping our neighbors is. DSA-LA opposed the appointment of Jim McDonnell as police chief precisely because of his history of collusion with ICE.

1. CALL THE COMMUNITY HOTLINE

888-624-4752

If you see federal agents in your neighborhood, call the LA Rapid Response Network. Community groups rely on these calls to deploy trained volunteers to document and monitor immigration actions.

2. ATTEND AN ACTION

Citizens who know their rights can disrupt and slow ICE incursions, as well as pressure local authorities to take action. Here are two upcoming events - stay tuned for more details:

• TODAY 6/8, 2pm, LA City Hall, ICE Out of LA / National Guard Go Away

• Monday 6/9, 11am, Gloria Molina Grand Park, 200 N Grand Ave. Los Angeles 90012 - Local unions are organizing a rally during the arraignment of detained union leader David Huerta.

• Tuesday 6/10, 6pm, Glendale City Hall- Glendale City Council has a contract to lease their jail beds to ICE. Attend their meeting and make your voice heard at general public comment to demand this contract be terminated.

Use best protest practices. Here are resources from the National Lawyers Guild - Los Angeles.

Do you know of any other actions? Share them by replying to this e-mail! We will continue to broadcast other events at which DSA members will have an organized presence.

3. CONNECT WITH YOUR COMRADES

“These raids are freaking me out. Are you doing okay?”

Now is the time to reconnect with friends and family, fellow DSA members, union siblings, and members of other community organizations resisting ICE like the Community Self-Defense Coalition. Online tools can help spread the word, but we can only fight fascism through real community. Don’t just scroll - talk to someone!

If you aren’t a member of an organization, now is the time to join one.