Was Live Friday, January 23, 2026 | 11am PST
Guest Speakers
- Amanda Otero, parent from Minnesota Public Schools, and Co-Executive Director of Take Action Minnesota
- Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director, America´s Voice
- Ann Garcia, Staff Attorney, National Immigration Project (NIPNLG)
- Seri Lee, Deputy Organizing Director at ONE Northside, Chicago
- Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law emeritus, Harvard Law School
Related Coverage
- As Immigration Enforcement Escalates, Popular Resistance is Growing
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Event Overview
As immigration enforcement actions intensify across the country, communities are responding with a growing wave of resistance from lawsuits and civil rights complaints to school-based organizing and coordinated local defense efforts. Aggressive ICE raids, street arrests, and the use of force have heightened fear in many communities while also triggering new forms of pushback from families, advocates, and local officials.
This briefing will explore how that resistance is taking shape at multiple levels, the risks communities face as enforcement becomes more aggressive and confrontational, and the current trajectory of ICE operations. Panelists will also examine whether these localized responses are beginning to coalesce into a broader movement, and what that could mean for accountability, public safety, and immigrant communities nationwide.
Presented by ACoM
Cover Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ICE Flickr
