Background
The Trump administration has ramped up its terrorization of immigrant communities throughout the "United States". This shattering of the illusion of "checks and balances" has accelerated the turn to blatant authoritarianism in this country. The administration has open white supremacists in its ranks and increased funding to the ICE Budget, which rivals many nation-states' militaries. It seems almost weekly, there are new accounts of blatant fascist acts committed by ICE. There have been disappearances of student activists, brutalizations of liberal politicians who dare to question ICE's authority, deportations to prison camps in other countries, and the construction of concentration camps in Louisiana and Florida. Furthermore, ICE agents have shown up in communities in unmarked vehicles, without any identification, and no way to hold them accountable for the violence they have committed against communities across the "United States".

ICE has only existed for a few decades and solely to commit violence against immigrants. The Trump Administration is intent on using it as a secret police to enforce its violently xenophobic and authoritarian agenda. There is no compromise regarding ICE's existence; It must be abolished.

Popular outrage and resistance to deportations have only increased since the beginning of the Trump Regime. Millions of ordinary people are taking bold action to protect their communities and affirm their solidarity with immigrants among those persecuted by the administration. This resistance has been met with violent repression, such as deploying active-duty military in cities and terrorizing the communities and families of those detained for protesting against ICE. ICE and the Trump regime must go!

Collab
Over the past year, a few anarchist federations and collectives across the United States have started to build affinity with each other. Most prominently, Space City Anarchist Organization and the Northeast Anarchist Union have networked with each other. A few comrades from both formations met earlier this year and decided to put together a coordinated anti-ICE propaganda campaign, inviting other collectives such as the Boltcutter Collective and the Boston local of the Horizon Federation to participate. 

Banner Drop Campaign
Over the course of a couple months we were able to coordinate a large scale series of drops within our respective regions. Banner drops, wheat pasting, stickers and tagging were the primary means for agitprop. The increased frequency of agitprop allowed messaging to persist and become wider spread than any one group or sub group could have done on their own, insofar as without great effort of the smaller units. Dozens of individuals were able to collaborate with one another across the country and the action served as important experience to up and coming new members of all participating organizations. With each coordinated banner drop, we felt increasingly invigorated knowing that our comrades hundreds or thousands of miles away were doing the same thing, at the same time. 

Call to Action
Everyday people are ensnared by the routine of their work. Anarchists have always had the challenge of breaking through the wool which the oligarchs have tightly woven around the eyes of the people. Banner drops serve as a means to communicate a message as it forces every passerby to at least glimpse something beyond the ordinary. People must be reminded of what's going on and cannot be allowed to recline back into willful ignorance. More than this we Anarchists must show those most at risk we are with them and to those willing to fight there are others taking up with them too.

Banner drop and wheatpasting campaigns are easy to do, and more importantly, fun! A few dedicated comrades can easily drop a banner over a highway and make a message visible to thousands of people. Some of our comrades have gotten creative, stealing banners from fascist groups and repurposing them to be explictly anti-fascist and anti-state. They are low-risk and a great way to build affinity between you and some friends, and more importantly, make ICE know that they are not welcome in our communities. 

Know Your Rights leaflets in multiple languages: https://tr.ee/nrSo2TOjDt
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