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    • Verify that what you’re seeing is ICE.

      • Look for acronyms such as ICE, DHS, or HSI. Sometimes, officers may be in plain clothes. Look to vehicles and other materials to see if you can identify them.

    • Film the interaction.

      • Stay at a distance from ICE officers, and comply with requests to back up.

    • Take note of details.

      • Try to document things such as badge number, license plates, tactics, and whether ot not the ICE agents identified themselves as police. Ask to see a warrant, or document if they present one.

    • Get the information to the right people.

      • If possible, send the footage to the detained individual’s loved ones or attorney. If that is not possible, contact organizations such as Make the Road NY or the Immigration Defense Project. Avoid sharing on social media without the detained person’s consent.

    For more information, check out Make the Road NY’s Guidehere.

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  • This guide has been developed for all aspiring and current immigrant entrepreneurs, regardless of immigration status, to help you understand your options for starting and operating your own business in New York State. This guide is provided as an overview and includes information to help you decide which type of business structure is right for you, what the requirements are for forming your business and some of the fees and taxes to expect so that you can stay open for business.

    The business guide is available in 9 languages: 

    Download them here.

  • Learn about the kinds of actions you can take from the Beautiful Trouble toolkit: An interconnected web of the key strategies and tactics that have inspired people-powered victories & upended the status quo. Start anywhere and explore…

    Explore the toolkit here.

  • Protest isn’t the only way to make a change. Authoritarianism requires compliance, and a large number of individuals participating in carrying out orders.

    When systems slow down, when the mechanisms of control are no longer working properly, they cannot control the people.

    Use this link to explore powerful tools of collective noncompliance and mass noncooperation based on tried and true tactics used by movements from around the world fighting against authoritarianism.