Why we do it:

Start by familiarizing yourself with recent activity in your area. There are several reasons to track ICE activity. By default the map will load with today’s activity, but processing and reporting take time, so if you don’t see reports, try a date range. Click the calendar icon on the left to get this filter:

Look over the information people are submitting, and check for “confirmed by” notes – that tells you who to report to locally. Once you have a feel for the data being collected, you’re ready to participate. Whether you report events organically, or actively choose watchpoints that have been active, you’re ready to participate in tracking ICE.

Reasons to track and report ICE:

• to target resistance/support/surveillance to areas that are being hit
• to identify areas where activity is ramping up and warn residents
• to document events, which can help families and lawyers locate and recover seized people
• to get a sense of how widespread ICE’s behavior is
• to confirm your own sightings, when you aren’t sure, so you learn to recognize ICE
• to help raise an alarm among rapid response networks when activity is reported
• to help counter fake alarms designed to increase the sense of ICE as omnipresent
  

To report ICE you just need a quick orientation of ICEout — it’s pretty simple. To take more action in response to sightings, join a local rapid response network and find an area that suits you. You might build and distribute whistle kits, or stand with day workers at Home Depot, or lobby Congress not to approve funding for ICE. Right now, at your desk, you can visit ICEOut.org and familiarize yourself. It’s a good way to dip your toes in, or if you’re already involved, an important tool for organizing.