Meet the second-generation immigrants who are helping protect your civil rights.

When Pedro Arrests Juan: Why Latinos Join Border Patrol and ICE  ~ L.A. TACO

Many Latino families inherited the same lesson generation after generation: When society views you as foreign, proving your Americanness can become its own form of survival.

Immigrants’ Participation in Protests

This resource provides information so that immigrants can know their rights, understand the risks of protests, and feel empowered to participate.

Solidarity Guide for Defending Immigrant Communities

This solidarity guide is designed to help everyone continue to fight back with practical guidance to help protect your immigrant neighbors, your community, and yourself.

Disappeared by ICE in L.A.: How to find detained relatives

Immigrant advocacy groups provide guidance on what you can do when a family member is detained by immigrant enforcement officials.

What to Do if You Are Arrested or Detained by Immigration

A Know Your Rights resource with general information on what to do if you are stopped, arrested, or detained by immigration or other law enforcement.

Stop Bill C-22. Stop surveillance in Canada.

Make your voice heard! Explore the Justice Centre's petitions advocating for Canadian rights and freedoms. Join fellow citizens in supporting important causes.

Why Latinos Join ICE

One reason: They’re aiming to protect, not betray, their communities.

Know Your Rights | Enforcement at the Airport | ACLU

At the border, you are likely to encounter Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, and you may encounter Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents. HSI is part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Know your rights in these scenarios.

Fort Bliss Declarations - December 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union

New Study Explores Why US Latinos Join ICE and Border Patrol - Latino Rebels

A new study found that most of the agents joined because they wanted a stable job, and didn’t see many other ways of getting one.

Latinxs in <i>La Migra</i> : Why They Join and Why It Matters

Once an exclusively white enterprise, the last forty-five years have witnessed the emergence of a disproportionately Latinx immigration law enforcement workforce. This article addresses the question of why Latinxs elect to work for agencies that have systematically targeted the ethnic communities to which they belong. Where existing scholarship has often implied Latinxs may self-select into immigration law enforcement due to a lack of identification with the immigrant-experience, a dissociation with ethnic identity, and generally restrictionist immigration attitudes, this article finds little empirical evidence to support such an assumption. Analysis of interviews with sixty-one Latinx Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across Arizona, California, and Texas reveals, instead, Latinxs elect to work in immigration law enforcement in service of economic self-interest and survival, with “money,” “a good job,” and “benefits” cited as the primary motivation(s) behind applying for and accepting a job in immigration. This pattern holds irrespective of individual agents’ levels of identification with the immigrant-experience and particular attitudes toward immigration, and suggests a diversity in the demographics of immigration law enforcement agencies that extends beyond mere race and ethnicity, to include a diversity of perspective and potential for empathy.

Latinxs in <i>La Migra</i> : Why They Join and Why It Matters

Once an exclusively white enterprise, the last forty-five years have witnessed the emergence of a disproportionately Latinx immigration law enforcement workforce. This article addresses the question of why Latinxs elect to work for agencies that have systematically targeted the ethnic communities to which they belong. Where existing scholarship has often implied Latinxs may self-select into immigration law enforcement due to a lack of identification with the immigrant-experience, a dissociation with ethnic identity, and generally restrictionist immigration attitudes, this article finds little empirical evidence to support such an assumption. Analysis of interviews with sixty-one Latinx Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across Arizona, California, and Texas reveals, instead, Latinxs elect to work in immigration law enforcement in service of economic self-interest and survival, with “money,” “a good job,” and “benefits” cited as the primary motivation(s) behind applying for and accepting a job in immigration. This pattern holds irrespective of individual agents’ levels of identification with the immigrant-experience and particular attitudes toward immigration, and suggests a diversity in the demographics of immigration law enforcement agencies that extends beyond mere race and ethnicity, to include a diversity of perspective and potential for empathy.

How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid

If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.

When Is It Time to Flee?

Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.