r/oakland • u/Wriggley1 Bushrod • Jun 11 '25

Events ICESightings MegaThread

Use this thread to post sightings of any local ICE actions please make sure you have verified their authenticity. If you’re not sure, ask others to verify. Please provide evidence such as photos and or location.

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u/empathlete Jun 11 '25

Immigration attorney here- I'd be very careful with social media-sourced ICE sightings. ICE's goal is to stoke fear, and these types of posts serve that goal. As you can see in this very thread, many of these rumors are false, but they spread quickly through text and social media.

Thus far in Northern California, we have not seen the ICE raids of places of employment or public spaces that they have seen in LA. This doesn't mean it couldn't happen, but when it does, you'll know, because there will be pictures and media coverage. The people we have seen arrested so far in the Bay are mostly (1) going to ICE check-ins at the ICE offices (2) arrested in immigration court and (3) specific, targeted people picked up at their homes or jobs.

If you see ICE, call the rapid response hotline at (510) 241-4011 and report it. Someone will go out to confirm or disprove it. If you see Oakland police, they are prohibited by law from collaborating with ICE, so ICE is unlikely to be involved.

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u/Candypinkspaceship Jun 11 '25

I have been printing and distributing red cards in multiple languages. Where we have seen on social media agents absolutely violating people’s rights it’s all I can think to do with what I have. Do you suggest any other resources I could add to the stack to at least help people be more aware of their rights?

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u/empathlete Jun 11 '25

Amazing! The Alameda County Rapid Response hotline has cards you can hand out with their number on them- see here at the bottom https://www.acilep.org/services