After a volunteer confirmed an officer’s identity, they would alert neighbors to the agent’s presence, and our dispatch team would send a text message to our contacts in the area. ICE agents almost never carry judicial warrants giving them the authority to enter private homes or businesses without permission, so they often wait to make an arrest when the person they’re looking for leaves their home or car. And in every case we worked on, when the agents realized they were being watched, they abandoned their stakeout.

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    Harboring – Subsection 1324(a)(1)(A)(iii) makes it an offense for any person who – knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation.

    By all means text each other about it. No way they can find out about that.

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      Obv Signal with disappearing messages… You’re still only as strong as weakest link but it’s better than WhatsApp or ISP exposed sms. Element better but also harder to set up or get regular neighbors to adopt.

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    Oh yeah, I had forgotten about Teen Vogue being a source of some good journalism the last time we had to suffer through Trump.