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  • Scary AustinMaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
    Aug 15, 2026, 3:35 PM

    Although you won't see this in the news, there are volunteers across the USA who provide support to detainees and their families outside #ICE concentration camps. These people don't actively confront ICE because their mission is to provide people waiting to see their loved ones with snacks, water, information, and when necessary additional clothing. Their presence, though, is a kind of silent rebuke, and I can tell you ICE hates it even though these volunteers don't scream.
    #FuckICE

    A volunteer with Casa de Paz, a pro-immigrant group in Aurora, CO. Still of the video shows a young white woman with black hair wearing a red shirt and jeans and standing behind a table full of supplies intended to help detainees' families. She's standing outside the GEO concentration camp.
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  • Scary AustinMaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
    Aug 15, 2026, 3:37 PM

    Abide in Love is a faith based group doing the same thing in Rolla, #Missouri outside their #ICE concentration camp. They provide supportive notes and personal items for detainees and help them contact their families. These groups are a lifeline for people stuck in those horrible places. When possible, they also go inside and visit people.

    abideinlove.org/

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  • Scary AustinMaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
    Aug 15, 2026, 3:38 PM

    You don't have to battle through tear gas and go toe to toe with ICE to make a huge difference for the detainees. Also, ICE freaks the fuck out about even the most peaceful of volunteers and protestors. Besides their primary mission, these groups still really get in ICE's head.

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  • Scary AustinMaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
    Aug 18, 2026, 11:43 PM

    @vervain
    We all have to take breaks, but I do find that every time I drag myself back out there-- no matter how I am initially feeling-- it's an enormous mood boost to be around like minded people and see the impact we make.

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