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We are ground zero for Trump's war on America, a war on our democracy, on our freedoms, on our rights as Americans. It is in our backyard today, and it is only a matter of time before it is in yours. We've received reports of federal law enforcement officers going door to door asking people where the Asian people live, right in our very own city.

I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may try to target me based on what I look like as well. That is the America that we are living in right now, where people cannot access food, they cannot access healthcare, they cannot access their basic needs because of the terror, because our cities are under siege. We need your help, whatever it may be.

I mean it's purely intimidation tactics, Jen. I mean this is Trump further not getting his agenda met and so then what does he do? He turns around and attacks individual people who are standing up against him.

Se on niin mielenkiintoista, että hänen mielestänsä, mitä on tapahtunut täällä ja meidän kanssa. Olemme kertoneet rauhallisia protesteja. Olemme työskennellyt yhteiskunnallisissa ryhmissä, kuten Immigrant Defense Networkissa, jotka ovat opettaneet konstituutioiden tutkijan treeniä, mikä tarkoittaa, että treenissä ei koskaan välttämättä mene ISIS-operaatioihin.

You use recording to protect the people who are being attacked. And so we have been making sure that we are supporting each other as communities, but along ice to move forward with their own operations. And so I am really disappointed at what we're seeing and how Trump is targeting us and continuing to target us.

I do. Actually, I think about the scenario of what happens if somebody forcibly takes you or restrains you. I thought about what would I say to them. And clearly telling them that you're an American citizen doesn't matter as you saw testimony from individuals who have been targeted, who have encountered ICE. So I do think about that scenario, but I also think about my own children. I have two adult children, young adult children who live with me, and I worry about that because they take public transportation.

They are waiting at train stations and bus stops, and I don't know when they'll be approached either. So it's not just a fear for myself, but for my own family members and my children.

Kun hän on yrittänyt vahvistaa meidät, yhteisö jatkuu yhdessä, mutta minusta ei ole vahvaa, että kaikkialla, missä menen, näen isoja vehikejä. Työskentelen lokalaisissa imigranttien yrityksissä ja autan ylittävän ja lopettavan keinoin, jotta asiakkaat tulevat esiin, jotta ne olisivat asiakkaat eivätkä isoja.

that I'm seeing and constant even down the blocks from the places that I'm supporting and helping out, ICE vehicles, people being detained, people being grabbed off the streets. I'm witnessing these things myself. Just last Sunday when I was helping at one of our Mercados here, one block down ICE had an individual and our protesters had to walk down there to ensure that they could see what was happening and ICE finally let that individual go after they saw that there was a group of people starting to form.

This is an everyday occurrence and we are constantly getting notification from our community members that they see ICE vehicles, that they saw somebody get taken. And this isn't just hearsay. They're sending us pictures and they're sending us evidence so that we can actually look into it and send law enforcement over to have eyes on the situation. And so this is a complete overtake of our city, a siege of our city.

We are telling people that they do have rights and that to the best of their ability we are sending out information to our residents if they are in their homes, that they do not have to open the doors. We are giving them procedures as to what they can request from ICE to see and how they can provide their documentation. But we are also letting people know where it is that they can go in order for them to have individuals who might be there to protect them. We know that there are certain locations

that we have constitutional observers who are ready to support and to document. We are also informing people that if you are scared and you are worried, call 911. Our local law enforcement will show up. And so that is the best that we can do is continue to provide the best information as possible and to keep each other safe. But that means that requires our communities to continue to show up for each other as well. And they have heard our call and community is showing up.