Whereas: Immigrants are an integral part of our community. They care for our children, our elderly, and our sick. They do the hard and necessary work that makes our communities better places to live together. In NC alone, undocumented immigrants contributed over $692M to state and local taxes (NC Budget and Tax Center, 2022). US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is terrorizing these honorable people, destroying their families, imprisoning their children and killing innocent people, including US citizens;
Therefore: We demand our NC Congressional delegation strip ICE of its funding until their enforcement policies protect all human rights, dignity, and life.

Additional Resources

• Siembra NC: What is happening in NC and how to get involved
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains tens of thousands of people who do not have a criminal record
• Resist ICE: https://resistice.carrd.co/
• Immigration Detention Quick Facts (tracreports.org – Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse)
  • The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a data gathering, data research, and data distribution organization that was founded in 1989 at Syracuse University, and is now on its independent website at tracreports.org.
• ACLU: We Documented 1,200+ Actions by ICE. Here’s What We Found
• American Immigration Council:
  • How ICE Went Rogue
  • 6 Deaths in ICE Custody and 2 Fatal Shootings: A Horrific Start to 2026
  • Priority Actions
  • The Cost of Immigration Enforcement and Border Security
• National Immigration Law Center:
  • ICE is detaining indiscriminately. And releasing almost no one.