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Rapid Responder Training for Immigrant Rights Solidarity

Join the Rapid Responder Solidarity Training to learn how to protect and support immigrant families at risk. This collaborative project, led by various organizations, empowers community members to assert their rights, document and protect, and provide moral support and resources in case of ICE activity. Become a Rapid Responder and make a difference today!

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Rapid Responder Training for Immigrant Rights Solidarity

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  1. Rapid Responder Solidarity Training This is a collaborative project led by Sacred Heart Community Service, PACT, Pangea Legal Services, LUNA, Amigos de Guadalupe, Human Agenda, CARAS, the South Bay Labor Council, Catholic Charities, the City of San Jose Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Santa Clara County Office of Immigrant Relations.

  2. AGENDA Introduction What is The Rapid Response Network? ICE & local immigration enforcement Immigrant Rights Rapid Response in Action Next Steps

  3. Why is this important? WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN THE FIGHT FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE?

  4. Ongoing attacks on immigrants • Effort to end DACA • Muslim ban • End of Temporary Protected Status • End of asylum for DV survivors • Asylum ban at border • HIGH #s of DEPORTATIONS

  5. Rapid Response Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lcOMNMOvX8&t=6s

  6. Centered on Impacted Families Affected community members met and determined what they wanted. Self defense project: Community members in solidarity protecting immigrant families who are at risk.

  7. Solidarity in Santa Clara County 1300 community members have attended trainings like this one 800 Rapid Responders are on standby to receive alerts 250 Team Members volunteer as trainers, dispatchers and doing outreach to make the hotline known 36 Families are supported long-term by our family support teams.

  8. Benefits of the Network • Encourages immigrants to assert their rights • Trains Responders to document & protect • Activates agencies & community teams to provide moral support and resources • Promotes advocacy efforts

  9. How ICE Works

  10. Our Rights

  11. How the RRN is Activated

  12. Community sees potential ICE activity, calls hotline number 408-290-1144 Dispatcher on other end sends Responders in area a text alert Responders that can come to scene text back “OTW”; Receive additional instructions from Dispatcher by text Dispatcher stays on phone with caller to provide advice; Responders communicate with dispatcher by text Responders go to location of potential ICE activity “OTW”

  13. What to do when you arrive on the scene

  14. TEXT dispatcher that you’ve arrived VERIFY that it’s an ICE operation START documentation & observation WRAP-UP observation

  15. VERIFY that it’s an ICE operation

  16. START documentation & observation 2- Notetaker 1- Camera Person 1 3- ICE Liaison 5- Camera Person 2 4- Community Liaison

  17. Rights and Risks of Responders • You maintain all your constitutional rights • Community members have the right to observe ICE during an action. • For safety purposes, we recommend that responders be US citizens.

  18. Next Steps

  19. Next Steps Help a family with a loved one in detention meet their basic needs $500 helps provide food for a month $140 helps provide gas money for a month $300 helps their loved one call home about 3x a week for one month $1600 helps almost cover a month of rent

  20. Questions? Contact Carol 408-550-5554 carols@sacredheartcs.org

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