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Eyes on ICE: Documenting Abuses against Immigrant Communities
Check out our tip sheet on safely, ethically and effectively filming immigration enforcement abuses in the U.S.
Overview
From 13-year-old Fatima Avelica-Gonzalez filming her father as he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE) agents on her cell phone amidst her sobs, to the desperation, confusion, and fear heard in the recording of 10 Central American children separated from their families at the US-Mexican border, documentation has a crucial role in exposing immigration abuses and advocating for rights.
This project offers a deep dive into how to safely, ethically and effectively film abuses against immigrants from ICE agents, Border Patrol, and others through in person trainings, tip sheets, case studies, videos, and more.
Together we will expose ICE and Border Patrol, demand justice, share our truths, and remind the perpetrators: the world is watching.
No bans. No walls. No deportations.
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Resources & Stories
WE HAVE RIGHTS WHEN DOCUMENTING ICE ARRESTSVIDEO |
JUAN'S STORY PART 1: USING VIDEO TO ADVOCATE AGAINST DEPORTATIONCASE STUDY |
USING YOUR #RIGHTTORECORD IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENTGRAPHIC |
DOCUMENTING ICE AT HOMETIP SHEET |
EYES BEYOND THE BORDER: USING VIDEO TO DEFEND MIGRANT RIGHTSBLOG POST |
REAL OR RUMOR: HOW TO VERIFY ONLINE REPORTS OF ICE RAIDSRESOURCE |
HOW YOU CAN HELP THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE BORDER...AND BEYONDBLOG POST |
EMMA ALANIZ: WORKING WITH REFUGEES AT THE US-MEXICO BORDERVIDEO |
ONLINE MANIPULATION OF VISUAL CONTENT FOR ANTI-IMMIGRANT PROPAGANDAREPORT |
SHARING VIDEOS OF ENCOUNTERS WITH IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENTCHECKLIST |
WITNESS JOINS #WEHAVERIGHTS CAMPAIGNANIMATED VIDEOS |
EYES ON THE BORDER: KEEPING FAMILIES SAFEBLOG POST |
ORGANIZATIONAL DIGITAL SECURITY GUIDE FOR IMMIGRATION JUSTICERESOURCE |
EYES ON THE BORDER TRAINING WITH NEW SANCTUARY COALITIONVIDEO |
REPORTING ON IMMIGRATION: ACTIVISTS AND JOURNALISTS IN CONVERSATIONVIDEO |
DOCUMENTING ICE WITH NEW YORK MAGAZINEVIDEO |
JUAN'S STORY PART 2: USING VIDEO AS EVIDENCE IN IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGSCASE STUDY |
WHAT JOURNALISTS SHOULD KNOW BEFORE REPORTING ON BORDER COMMUNITIESRESOURCE |
EYES ON THE BORDER: TRAINING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES TO DOCUMENT ABUSESBLOG POST |
FILMING IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALSANIMATED VIDEO |
Q&A: LEGAL ISSUES AND SECURITY CONCERNS WHEN FILMING ICEBLOG POST |
HOW COULD WIRETAPPING LAWS AFFECT YOUR RIGHT TO FILM LAW ENFORCEMENT?BLOG POST |
ROMULO’S STORY: USING VIDEO TO ADVOCATE FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTSCASE STUDY |
Eyes on ICE in the news…
- New York Magazine, Fiona Apple on the Election, What Scares Her, and Her Anti-ICE Short Film
- Teen Vogue, How to Support Immigrants in the U.S. During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- PBS News Hour, “Threat of Immigration Raids Incites Fears Across U.S.“
- Al Jazeera, The Listening Post “Between ‘Swarms’ and ‘Security’, How Media Report on Immigration“
- VICE, “The Watchdogs Surveilling Border Patrol and ICE“
- Al Jazeera, The Listening Post “ICE Watch: Turning the lens on U.S. immigration agencies“
- The Guardian, “‘Resistance Zone’: the neighborhood where people train to confront ICE“
- The Marshall Project, “How Donald Trump’s War on Immigrants is Playing out in NYC“
- New York Magazine, “How to Document ICE“
- New York Magazine, “City of Fear“
- Brut America, “Can Cell Phones Deter Illegal ICE Activity?”
- The Observer “Immigrant Groups to Offer Guidance on Resisting ICE“
- The Ithacan “FLEFF Kicks Off with Event on Immigration”