M. Sánchez

When you dance with a Jamaican man

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[Alert]–ICE may be engaging in raids next week (starting July 13) in certain “sanctuary” cities (a sanctuary refers to a city that has established policies prohibiting police officers from enforcing certain federal deportation initiatives, such as immigration raids or reporting arrests to ICE) Cities include- Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco ( see complete list below).

Please share and tell communities to be extra cautious next week. In particular, remind the community that they have rights:

1.Do NOT open doors to any officials unless they have a warrant signed by a judge. If ICE says that they have one, do not open the door to see it, have them pass it under the door.

2. If you are confronted with an ICE agent – remain SILENT. You have the right to remain silent and ICE can use anything that you say against you in your immigration case.

3. do NOT SIGN anything that ICE gives you.

4.If you hear about ICE agents coming to anyone’s door – tell your neighbors. Text and call people to let them know that ICE is in the neighborhood. Tell them not to open their doors and to remain silent.

5.Have a plan of action if a loved one is detained. Have the name of a trusted immigration attorney on hand. Have a plan for who could take care of minor children.

6.Remember that if detained, you may be able to fight your case and get bail.

7.Be especially careful in the morning. In our experience, raids happen more frequently in the morning, e.g. around the time that people go to work.

8.If you have the ILRC red cards, distribute and remind people to use them. ILRC red cards list constitution rights when confronted by ICE agents. http://www.ilrc.org/for-immigrants-para…/red-cards

9. Reach out to community for support

The following is a loose list of cities which have identified in the past as “sanctuaries”, and could be affected:

Bell Gardens, California Berkeley, California City of Industry, California City of Commerce, California Coachella, California Concord, California Cypress, California Davis, California Diamond Bar, California Downey, California Fresno, California Lakewood, California Long Beach, California Los Angeles, California Lynwood, California Maywood, California Montebello, California National City, California Norwalk, California Oakland, California Paramount, California Pico Rivera, California Salinas, California San Bernardino California San Diego, California San Francisco, California San Jose, California Santa Cruz, California Sonoma County, California South Gate, California Vernon, California Watsonville, California Wilmington,

*for folks who havent heard* this case with an undocumented man who shot and killed a white women led to the debate around sanctuary cities and the Trust Act which is suppose to eliminate communication with ICE and local enforcement. Presidential candidates are now having conversations around the (un)safety of undocumented community. 

This was random. But I might as well… this is your break for today… an actual story.

I don’t disclose how many people I’m currently with unless they say it first. So far, there’s a grand total of… 1. 

Someone asked me one time “how many girlfriends you got?” I looked up and starting counting. Then they said, “oh, I mean, present tense.” And then I am still counting. They get annoyed and impatient I’m just looking at them saying, “I’m counting.”