"About 7,000 people registered for a Wednesday evening Zoom webinar that promised to provide concrete ways for volunteers to get involved in protecting immigrants from arrest and deportation. An hour before the session had even started, 300 people were in the Zoom waiting room. When the talk ended, 1,000 people asked for a recording. The group's mailing list subsequently jumped by 10,000 subscribers overnight."
"Across the Bay Area, thousands of people have committed to volunteer, signed up for mailing lists, or otherwise joined immigration advocacy groups vowing to stay vigilant against a future deployment. "We are constantly supporting, talking and organizing workers," said Palmira Figueroa of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, which provides day laborers with legal help and campaigns nationally for better workers' rights. "That's what we've been doing for 20 years. So if they [ICE] come or not, we keep on going with our work.""
President Donald Trump promised to "surge" federal forces in San Francisco and ordered federal immigration agents to a U.S. Coast Guard base in Alameda. Bay Resistance put out a call for volunteers and attracted massive interest: about 7,000 registered for a Zoom webinar, 300 waited in the room before it started, 1,000 requested a recording, and the mailing list gained 10,000 subscribers overnight. Across the Bay Area thousands committed to volunteering, joining action pods that educate neighbors, support small businesses, and organize against detention centers. Action-pod enrollment rose from 3,000 to 5,500. The National Day Laborer Organizing Network continues long-term legal support and worker organizing.
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