Supporting Immigrant Neighbors & Resisting ICE

How to Support Immigrant Neighbors

Charlotte Immigrant Protection Alliance

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Toolkit for Supporting Immigrant Neighbors

Resisting ICE - CPB Actions

In 2022, the city of Charlotte became a Certified Welcoming City, a testament to its dedication to inclusivity and our efforts to ensure immigrants and all new residents feel supported and valued.

The fabric of our Welcoming City is under attack by ICE - CBP. Our immigrant neighbors live in fear of kidnapping, detention, and deportation. Families fear being torn apart.

Portland, Los Angeles, DC, Chicago, and Minnesota have stood up for their immigrant neighbors. Now it’s our turn in Charlotte. We ALL have a role to play.

A few ground rules:

Only share information from VERIFIED sources like Carolina Migrant Network. Unverified reports create unnecessary fear and panic in impacted communities.
Do not share meeting links, actions, and invitations on social media UNLESS the organizer has asked for the info to be shared in that manner.
Practice deescalation and non-violence. CBP is quick to escalate with pepper bullets, tear gas, etc. DO NOT give them an excuse to attack.
Use secure channels for communication. Many groups will be using the Signal App.

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Three ways that YOU can help: Volunteer, Donate, and Shop Local

1. VOLUNTEER

You can participate in Visibility Pop Ups

Indivisible Charlotte hosts more than 20 pop up protests each week. The captains at these pop ups are trained in deescalation. Follow their lead. Join us! Sign up to join popup protests.

Learn what to do during ICE actions

Siembra NC and Carolina Migrant Network offer regular trainings on how to verify ICE activity, Know Your Rights for businesses, and other relevant issues. Siembra NC trainings here. Check the schedule and register for Carolina Migrant Network’s ICE Verifier Training here.

You can distribute Know Your Rights cards

Our vulnerable neighbors need to know their rights if they are confronted by ICE-CPB agents.

Order Know Your Rights cards local printer Consolidated Press. They already have the artwork ready to go. You can also order them here. These are great for distributing at bus stops, in the carpool lines and anywhere you feel they are needed.

You can help keep schools safe

You can join a School Patrol that looks for ICE/CBP at drop off and dismissal times. See Quick Tips for School Patrols. A Charlotte school community created a more comprehensive bilingual document Preparing for and Responding to ICE and Border Patrol in the School Community.

To support CMS schools: Sign up here.

Charlotte East Language Academy has created a comprehensive toolkit on supporting students and families.

2. DONATE

These local organizations require immediate financial assistance to support our immigrant neighbors.

Legal Assistance:

Carolina Migrant Network fuses legal services and community advocacy to provide holistic support for our clients and their families. Your funds will aid their activities including:

ICE Hotline that notifies impacted community members of danger.

Bail funds for neighbors kidnapped by ICE-CBP

Direct Services to impacted families:

Latin American Coalition

“No one should face fear alone.” La Coalición has activated its Family Support Network to provide financial help to impacted families. Give to the Family Support Network.

ourBRIDGE for KIDS

ourBRIDGE provides after-school programs and wrap-around services for immigrant and refugee families at three locations in Charlotte (East & Southwest). For ways to get involved in their response and mutual aid efforts sign up HERE.

Emergency Assistance for Impacted Immigrant Families in Southwest Charlotte

This effort is led in partnership with Tabernáculo de Gracia and Transforming Nations Ford, working together to meet the immediate needs of congregation members and other families throughout our community.

Community Organizing:

Action NC

Líderes en Acción has been leading the fight for immigrant justice in North Carolina.

Líderes en Acción keeps winning because its grassroots leaders are the same families that are impacted by our broken immigration system. They empower themselves and their community, through leadership development, and by encouraging others to advocate for themselves, through lobbying and direct action.

3. SHOP LOCAL

Fear of ICE actions in the community causes vulnerable families to stay home. Immigrant restaurants and other businesses suffer. Spend your dollars to support the most impacted businesses (and get a great meal!). Here’s a great place to start.

Updated 1/30/2026

Calls to Action

Charlotte Immigrant Protection Alliance

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In Support of ICE Out of Minnesota YOU can:

Demand a full investigation into ICE Agents' use of deadly force against protesters and the murders of Keith Porter Jr., Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Demand a public investigation into the Department of Justice’s shielding of ICE agents from criminal liability.
Call members of Congress telling them to deny any DHS appropriations bill that maintains funding for ICE.
Call members of Congress and insist upon the impeachment of Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security.
Donate to the Minnesota Activist Legal Defense Fund. They support leaders targeted by the federal government for standing up for their communities.
Contact Gov. Tim Walz demanding a statewide eviction moratorium for Minnesotans impacted by ICE. 651-201-3400, IG: @MNGovernor, X: @GovTimWalz

In Support of ICE Out of Charlotte YOU can:

Contact Charlotte City Council members with the following demands:

Instruct the city manager (Marcus Jones) to deny access to city parking lots, decks, garages, buildings and all real property for the purpose of immigration operations– with similar instructions to be conveyed to the county manager (Michael Bryant) for all similar county property.
Pass an ordinance which prevents border patrol, ICE Agents and any other federal agency from entering city properties without a judicial warrant.
Pass an ordinance prohibiting all law enforcement from wearing masks on duty.
Enforce the State Non-Collaboration Policy and ethical hiring standards before considering employment of former DHS agents.