Volunteers physically observe aircraft used for immigration detention transfers, count passengers and contribute information to Habeas Flight Watch’s national tracking network. Advocates have also met with airport and city officials and requested flight logs, better sightlines and a public livestream comparable to one maintained at a Washington airport.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Government Monitoring
Approximately 40 community members and faith leaders marched and prayed outside a planned 528-bed immigration facility at England Airpark in Alexandria, Louisiana. Participants opposed the detention of families and unaccompanied children and called for the facility to be stopped. One participant had also attended multiple public-board meetings and spoken against the project.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Coalition Building/Community Organizing
Public Testimony/Written Comments
Peaceful Protest/Demonstration
Members and supporters of a Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee gathered at the state Capitol to unveil a quilt assembled from 11,000 contributed fabric squares, including pieces created by children and supporters outside Minnesota. The quilt represents people and communities affected by immigration detention and deportation. Organizers used the unveiling to urge the Governor to restrict cooperation between county sheriffs and federal immigration officers and said they planned to deliver petition signatures supporting that request.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Peaceful Protest/Demonstration
Protest Art
Volunteers with a community group spent a morning visiting local businesses to help owners and employees understand their rights during immigration-enforcement activity. Volunteers discussed Fourth and Fifth Amendment protections, explained the distinction between an employment-records inspection and authority to enter private areas, and distributed signs identifying spaces as employee-only.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Civic Initiative
Community Education/Outreach
Dozens of residents packed a Metropolitan Council meeting and pressed local officials concerning a planned federal facility that would coordinate immigration enforcement with local agencies nationwide.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Public Meeting/Town Hall Participation
A local busload of "mothers and others" joined a rally of about 300 near a rural ICE detention facility to support the non-criminal immigrants detained there; participants traveled by bus from other parts of the state, while advocates pursued legal action and detainee-support efforts.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Coalition Building/Community Organizing
Mutual Aid/Volunteer Services
Peaceful Protest/Demonstration
Detainees at two federal immigration detention facilities in California launched a commissary boycott that coincides with pending state legislation that aims to cap at 35% commissary price markups by private for-profit prison operators.
Financial & Economic System
Boycott
On April 16, 2026, about 30 members and supporters of Singing Resistance Whatcom gathered outside the Whatcom County Courthouse. They sang, played tambourines, and carried banners to protest immigration arrests in and around the courthouse. The Founder organized the event after learning that the court was expanding access to remote hearings in response to increased detentions. The group practices in small gatherings and chooses songs that newcomers can join.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Protest Art
The March 17, 2026, segment shows Chicago artists using their skills in response to federal immigration enforcement. Volunteers at the Pilsen Arts and Community House assemble illustrated zines and whistles for a neighborhood alert effort. Other artists make prints and banners, while one collective holds banner-making gatherings that bring residents together.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Civic Initiative
Protest Art
Mutual-aid organizers collected donations and distributed rent assistance to families whose income was disrupted, then worked to address continuing requests as donations slowed.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Mutual Aid/Volunteer Services
Attorneys from different fields volunteered to represent people detained during an ICE enforcement surge. Working through legal networks, they filed petitions asking federal judges to review individual detentions and order release or bond hearings where warranted.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Litigation/Court Challenge
Faith leaders and community members completed a four-day, 90-mile walk from the Dilley immigration-detention facility to San Antonio. Organized by the Rev. Dianne Garcia of Roca de Refugio Church, the march called for the release of children and parents in federal immigration custody and an end to family detention.
Participants walked approximately 25 miles each day. On the final morning, they gathered for prayer and song near the memorial marking where 53 migrants died inside an overheated tractor-trailer in 2022. Additional supporters joined the march as it approached San Antonio.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Coalition Building/Community Organizing
Peaceful Protest/Demonstration
