I’m a farmer in San Diego County. In fallbrook/ temecula, there’s a truck weigh station that’s full of ICE operatives near me. Today, they blocked off the entrance to the only road that leads to a bunch of farms, including mine. I personally have a family farm, but I know my neighbors and their employees, and they’re hard-working everyday people regardless of their immigration status.
To make a long story short, how do I legally fuck with ICE while they do a raid?
Edit: the only thing I can think of is recording and doing a verbal protest. I could try to share the footage with the local news. Given the current political climate, I’m not sure if they’d care. I don’t want to see the people I’ve existed next to dissappear.
It’s here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MbUzWLDT73swafxf7?g_st=ac
If you know someone who works at Moon Farm Nurseries, fucking tell them RIGHT NOW to lay low. They’re compromised.
Edit 2: they took everyone. The fields up and down our road are empty. I couldn’t even get a picture because I had to drive past like nothing was happening. Fuck.
Edit 3: a couple of truckers pulled up with double wides and blocked the road. I can’t tell whoes side their on. Whish me luck.
Edit 4: I think mite have made a checkpoint for me. I think I’ll be fine, but I’m not sure. Live update.
Edit 5: I’m fine, one of the people in the double wide got taken too. Fuck this day. I hope everyone is doing okay.
There isn’t much you can do at raid time. Interference is a crime. What you can do, but it may still cause problems for you.
- Alert their locations as much as possible.
- Film them at a reasonable distance and use an app that syncs to cloud instantly.
- Report police stations, jails, and prisons as placed you believe could be harboring illegal immigrants.
- Speak non-English languages first around them.
Shit, I didn’t even think about a signal. I’m trying to get a recording device down there, but it’s a narrow road with no signal on the side of a freeway. I think they could arrest me for j walking. Fuck man.
Edit: I don’t think I can get anywhere close, god damn.
I thought CA got rid of Jay walking bullshit in 2023.
I’m sure they did. These are the kind of cops that say, “you aren’t from around here,” and ICE.
They likely wouldn’t arrest you, but law enforcement commonly confiscates cameras, so that’s why the cloud sync is important.
I’m saying I have no signal there. I can’t upload anything, sadly. I’m trying to figure out something, but I think it’s too late. They’ve left with several vehicles of people. I have to drive down there for updates, and then drive back to my property to connect to the wifi to upload this. Every time, they’re scrutinizing me.
Something you may want to consider is a cell signal booster, cell phones are a bit limited in the size of antenna and how much power they can transmit at because everything has to fit in a neat little rectangle.
But you can get a device to hook up to your car that will retransmit your signal at a higher power. With that you "might* be able to get a signal further out than you normally would.
It would be useful for stuff like this of course but probably also just in general if you’re in an area with spotty service.
I don’t have any particular brand recommendations or anything like that, I think WeBoost caught my eye as a pretty decent-looking option at first glance but I don’t know if they’re actually any good. They’re mostly a product I’m aware exists and I intend to look into more when I have some spare time and money because I camp and hike in areas with spotty reception a lot, but it’s pretty far down my to-do list, so you’re on your own for research right now.
Could you do line of sight with a long distance recording unit?
I wasn’t quick enough. I feel like shit. Damn, I tried.
Because it needs to be said and hasn’t yet- you’re a good person. The United States needs more people like you.
I guess I got here too late, but in a case like this perhaps the most helpful thing you can do is call ahead and warn everyone “the migra are coming, the migra are coming!” like some kind of modern Paul Revere. That way, the legal citizens can be ready to stall and be unhelpful while anyone with reason to fear can scatter. And if someone is legal but brown they can grab the papers that prove they’re not supposed to be scooped up as well.
Oops, your tractor, or other large machinery just broke down at the narrowest part of the road. It’s unfortunate that it’ll take days, maybe weeks to fix, and noone can drive past in the interim.
If they can’t get their vehicles in, out back out, they’ll struggle to operate.
They’d tow my my devices, but that’s a good idea. I know I’m a farmer, but I’m not rich.
If they’ve got the machinery to tow your machinery then definitely don’t risk it. At this point you can do more good if you’re out of gaol and not destitute. Mind you, if you can get ner their vehicles unnoticed, a squirt of milk in the vent air intakes could provide delayed revenge when it goes off.
Go ask them how they are doing. Make small talk. They clearly hate other people
Film everything for a start. There are apps that automatically upload as you film so they can’t just grab your phone and delete it.
Such as?
Depends on your setup and tech skill. Syncthing is my goto recommendation.
The farms that turned them in.
It’s the nursery near the Google GPS info I provided. I think they’re complacent. They’re fucking gone.
Pass out red cards to inform individuals. https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas
They’re going to lie and say you were unlawfully obstructing them and they’ll file federal charges. I would put a cattle grate on your entrance so you can pull it out when they’re around the area.
They lied about obstruction a lot. That’s what I wasn’t hoping for.i think I’m done. I was hoping to make a small change, and I will continue to do so. My first reflex was to say “fuck it”, and post everything to the neighborhood ap. I think everything is fucked, though.
This groups number is one I’ve seen circulated for calling if you see an arrest happening.
Who owns the land on either side of the checkpoint? It’s February, is anything even growing? Get permission to do a little offroading
I think they plan on replacing local immigrants with American workers. Let them LIVE. I live in San Diego. Let them LIVE
I think they turned them in. Also, no. It’s turnover season. Nothing is growing, and the chickens aren’t laying and everyone is freaking out about their local eggs.
Good job, now they can’t be exploited for AOC to have her cheap veggies.
