DHS aggression in Eugene OR - from the Register Guard

Protest and Monitor ICE

ICE kidnaps our neighbors from the Federal Building when they go in for regular immigration check-in appointments. If an observer can get a picture and/or a name of the individual being kidnapped to immigration lawyers QUICKLY, sometimes victims get released instead of deported. This has happened in Eugene. YOUR presence and willingness can be the difference.

Actions to Take right Now:

At the Federal Building: Protest & document ICE

Here is the current schedule for ICE protests in Eugene, EVERY WEEK:

All of these events are happening at the Eugene Federal Building: 211 E 7th Avenue, Eugene, OR.

MONDAYS
1–2 PM: Veterans for Peace Chapter 159 Protest
TUESDAYS
12–1 PM: Interfaith “Singing for our Lives” Protest & Vigil
1–2 PM: Indivisible: ICE OUT “Shame on ICE” Protest
2–5 PM: Love and Rage Protest: A Space for Autonomous Protesting
WEDNESDAYS
12–1 PM: Resisters Book Club (6th St. midway of block)
THURSDAYS
10 AM–12 PM: Indivisible’s “Signs of Fascism” Protest
12–2PM: Indivisible: Neighbors Protecting Neighbors. Demand ICE Out.
FRIDAYS
12–1 PM: Raging Grannies: Resisting in Song
2–4 PM: 50501 Protest: Bearing Witness to ICE Violence
SUNDAYS
1–3 PM: SLUG Queens & Eugene Inflatables Resist!

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Join Bay Watch ?

In Our Community: Monitor, Report, & Respond to ICE Activity

Save the PIRC ICE Hotline number in your phone and call if you see ICE nearby – 1-888-622-1510.

Learn how to spot ICE agents, report them, and warn your community for a rapid response. When new trainings become available we’ll try to post them here but keep an eye on the PIRC Linktree for opportunities.

Join the Rapid-Response Signal group

Use this link to join the Melt ICE Lane County Emergency Response System to get up-to-date reports of ICE movements in Lane County.

In Your Neighborhood: Be Ready to Protect Your Neighbors

Neighborhood Defense

To get plugged into your local neighborhood defense network, attend a Eugene Housing And Neighborhood Defense (HAND) meeting. The group meets the first Tuesday of every month at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Eugene (1685 W 13th Ave) @ 6:30PM-8:30PM.

Whistle Kits

Support the Helpers: Join or Donate to a local organization

To support immigrant rights and advocacy here in Oregon over the longer term, you can also get involved with the following organizations:

Housing and Neighborhood Defense (HAND)
Plaza de Nuestra Comunidad – DONATE
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) — DONATE
Oregon for All – DONATE
Springfield Alliance for Equity and Respect (SAfER) – DONATE
(Scroll down and be sure select “SAfER” from the “Designation” drop-down menu)

Know Your Rights When Documenting Law Enforcement.

People videotaping and ICE vehicle by Dave Decker/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy

While the right to document and record law enforcement and federal agents is protected by the Constitution, we’re all too aware that our constitutionally protected rights have been disregarded and violated in the past. Some officers retaliate by making threats, spraying chemical irritants, and arresting people recording them. For that reason, it’s important to understand your rights.

Your Rights:

First Amendment protects photographing/videoing law enforcement in public (ICE, police, DHS, etc.).
Officers need a warrant to confiscate your device or view contents if you’re not arrested.
Even if arrested, officers need a warrant to search your phone’s contents.
Government may never lawfully delete your photos/videos under any circumstances.

Best Practices When Recording:

Capture agents face, uniform, weapons, etc.
Capture images of community member being kidnapped
Share documentation with impacted person’s attorney or local organizations who may be able to help identify the community member

If Stopped by Law Enforcement:

Always remain calm. Never physically resist a police officer.
If you are stopped and questioned: You do not have to give the officer any information. The interaction may go more smoothly if you give the officer a name, but you are not required to do so, or to give them any identifying information.
Ask: “Am I free to leave?” If yes, walk away calmly. If not, you may ask whether you are under arrest.
Law enforcement needs reasonable suspicion to detain you.

If you are arrested:

Always remain calm. Never physically resist a police officer.
Before being removed from your location, ask if you can leave your personal belongings with a designated person. Give your bag and other belongings to a trusted person near you if possible, before being taken in to the station.
You will be searched upon arrest, so think about what you have with you. Anything you have can and will be used against you.
You have the right to remain silent and request a lawyer. At most, if under arrest, you are required to provide your name, date of birth, and address. Do not provide any more information about yourself or anyone else.
If they ask you any more questions, just repeat:
“I would like to exercise my right to remain silent and to have an attorney present for any questions.”
Expect them to keep your cell phone, but remember: you do not have to consent to unlocking your phone.

These rights apply regardless of citizenship or immigration status.

You can learn more about your rights, and what to do if you are stopped or arrested, at the ACLU Oregon website.

Background

Immigrants in America are being abducted by ICE, often while lawfully attending immigration court hearings, and often without warrants. ICE is breaking our 4th Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure when they force their way into homes without judicial warrants, and pull people over purely based on the color of their skin. Many who are abducted are being denied their Constitutional right to due process. They are being sent to prisons with inhumane conditions, sometimes in countries far away from their countries of origin.

Court rulings have shot down this illegal, immoral treatment of human beings, but the Federal Government is appealing those rulings and doing it anyway. Congress is doing nothing to stop it from happening, so it’s up to us to do everything we can to stop them. “Living in the U.S. without legal authorization (unlawful presence) is a civil offense,” NOT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (source) What this regime is doing with their ICE agents in OUR STREETS is meant to be cruel, hostile, and inhumane to feed the narrative that they’re detaining and deporting criminals. The cruelty is the point.

REMEMBER: Billionaires want the public to believe that immigrants, or anyone who’s non-white, are the ones ruining our economy and making our lives less safe. They want people to believe that immigrants are hoarding our tax dollars, stealing our jobs, and milking our social assistance systems, making it hard for all of us to get by. Never forget: our economic struggles exist because the Billionaire class exists. They want the Class War to be a Race War, as usual.