Trump’s administration has deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a paramilitary force with no regard for the law. ICE is carrying out a campaign of intimidation and violence targeting immigrants and United States citizens.

ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s lawlessness recently resulted in the murders of Keith Porter, Renée Good, Alex Pretti, and countless detainees.  In the aftermath, the administration intensified its assault on First and Second Amendment rights and issued oral directives to ICE to disregard Fourth Amendment protections and pursue warrantless searches of homes.

To defend our communities, we commit to confronting ICE, CBP, and their public and private enablers. 

With Pittsburgh DSA’s Committees as its backbone, and in cooperation with allied organizations, this campaign will take a multipronged approach to restrict, delegitimize, and weaken ICE and CBP operations in Allegheny County while building up rapid response infrastructure under the DSA banner.

By the end of the priority period, Pittsburgh DSA will have: 

• Engaged in a pressure campaign against local government, businesses, and/or employers

• Engaged hundreds of people in anti-ICE rapid response methods 

• Strengthened the chapter’s rapid response infrastructure, including integration of DSA membership with existing rapid response networks

• Trained a core group of DSA members to provide security for future DSA events

• Strengthened its cross-committee communication and cooperation

• Created avenues of involvement for members of all experience levels

• Built a cross-movement coalition to sustain this work and advance the eventual abolition of ICE