We’ve watched over the past year how the Trump Administration has been quickly turning ICE into its own private army. And the passage of the Trump’s Big Bastardly Bill last year will only make it worse. The funding passed for ICE is more than most of the nation’s law enforcement agencies COMBINED!
This week’s horrific murder of Renee Nicole Good has only made things more poignant and confirmed our worse fears. ICE is ramping up their role as Trump’s gestapo. That’s why there is a massive movement for nationwide protests this weekend. I got the following in an email from Indivisible this morning:
What’s Happening This Weekend
We’re coming together for hundreds of daytime events this Saturday and Sunday to mourn the lives ICE has taken and destroyed. Renee Nicole Good’s tragic death this week was not an isolated incident; over the past year federal agents have shot numerous people -- two in Portland just yesterday. Thirty-two have died in ICE custody. Many, many more have had their lives shattered by detention, family separation, and deportation.
Our Weekend of Action will honor all those impacted by ICE brutality, raise awareness of this ongoing pattern of violence, and demand justice and accountability.
The events will take a variety of forms determined by each volunteer-host. They will include:
Public vigils and memorials
Silent marches and processions
Visual actions and installations
Faith-based events
And more -- hosts are encouraged to dream up creative, attention-grabbing ideas.
What We’re Demanding
Our Weekend of Action will call for:
Accountability, transparency, and immediate independent investigations into the killing of Renee Nicole Good
Increased action from elected officials to rein in ICE
In the words of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, for ICE to "get the $&@% out" of our cities.
What You Can Do
We need the response to this week’s killing and ongoing ICE violence to be loud, peaceful, and inescapable. So if you’re physically able, we need you to be out in the streets.
Visit the ICE Out For Good Mobilize Hub to find the event nearest you. Check back often, as events are being added by the hour.
No event near you? Host one. Use our event toolkit to plan your event, and then register it on Mobilize so others can find it.
Make sure you know your rights before heading out this weekend. We encourage everyone hitting the streets this weekend (or attending any protest under this regime) to attend the ACLU’s virtual Know Your Rights training today (Jan 9) at 8p ET / 5pm PT.
Help spread the word. Post the sign up for the Weekend of Action across your networks, send it to friends and family.
A core principle behind all ICE Out For Good events is a commitment to nonviolent action and no civil disobedience. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values, and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events. All events should be held in public spaces or on public property.
This weekend, we'll show the regime and their enablers just how widespread the opposition to their brutality is; we'll put steel in the spines of our Democratic local, state, and national leaders; and we'll send a message to anyone targeted and terrorized by ICE: You are not alone.
