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Image 1 Alt Text: The Anti-Performative ICE Resistance Guide (What Actually Helps)

Image 2 Alt Text: Fund the Work.  Ice enforcement succeeds, in part, because people can’t afford lawyers.  So, 1) set up recurring monthly donations (even $10-$25) to trusted orgs like RAICES, National Immigration Project, Immigrant Defense Project, Legal Aid Justice Center, Amica, ACLU, local immigrant bond funds (these matter most), and many more.  Prioritize legal defense and bond funds.  If your help disappears when the news cycle does, it’s not helping as much as it could.

Image 3 Alt Text: Show Up Offline.  Material ways to assist- Court accompaniment (quiet presense, documentation).  Childcare or rides for families attending hearings.  Translation support (f fluent).  Mutual aid coordination through existing networks.

Image 4 Alt Text: Protect those being persecuted from yourself.  Well-meaning people can cause real harm.  Don’t share raid rumors without verification.  Don’t post locations, schedules, or identifying details.  Don’t pressure undocumented people to “tell their story.”  Do ask: does this increase their risk?  Do default to privacy over visibility.

Image 5 Alt Text: Build long-term infrastructure, not moments.  ICE relies on exhausting and isolation. Counter that.  Sustainable actions: offer ongoing skills: admin help, grant writing, meal trains.  Help orgs maintain databases, follow-ups, logistics.

Image 6 Alt Text: Use your platform as a tool.  Not a stage.  If you have reach, treat it like a scalpel - not a megaphone.  Acceptable posting: Direct links to vetted orgs.  Clear calls to fund, volunteer, or attend specific actions.  Amplifying immigrant-led voices without additional commentary.  Red flags: self-congratulatory language.  Trauma reposting.  Center your fear, anger, or “awakening.”

Image 7 Alt Text: Pressure power where you actually have leverage.  Ice doesn’t operate in a vacuum.  Effective pressure: Local officials (mayors, sheriffs, DAs).  Employers complicit in raids.  Landlords collaborating with enforcement.  Not effective: yelling at strangers online.  Vague “abolish ICE” posts with no local follow-through.

Image 8 Alt Text: Decide your risk level - then act accordingly.  Let’s be honest, not everyone can do everything.  Low risk: Donate, translate, admin support, childcare.  Medium risk: Court accompaniment, community organizing.  High risk: Civil disobedience (only with training + legal prep).

Image 9 Alt Text: We can only fit so much in a single post so, what did we miss?  Let us know in the comments to make this a strong resource.