Immigrants & Marginalized Resources

IMMIGRANTS / BIPOC

Documenting ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) activity involves safely recording details of immigration enforcement to ensure accountability, often by filming agents, vehicles, and behaviors from a distance, and reporting to local rapid response networks.  Key actions include capturing dates, times, locations, and officer descriptions (e.g., uniforms, vehicles) while avoiding the faces of detainees.  

Steps for Documenting ICE Activity Safely:

• Film Safely: You have the right to film law enforcement in public spaces. Focus on agents, their actions, and vehicle license plates.

• Keep Distance: Do not physically interfere with officers, as this can lead to arrest.

• Record Details: Document the date, time, specific location, number of agents, and if they have warrants.

• Report: Immediately call a local rapid response hotline to report the activity.

• Protect Privacy: Avoid filming or posting videos of the individuals being detained to protect their identities.

• Narrate: If recording, verbally state the location and date to provide context to the video. 

Information to Gather:

• Agency names (e.g., ICE, Border Patrol).

• Vehicle license plates and types (e.g., marked vans, unmarked cars).

• Names or badge numbers of officers if visible.

• Whether officers have a warrant and if it is signed by a judge. 

If approached, you can ask, "Are you a law enforcement officer?" and "What is your name and badge number?". You can also state, "I am not preventing you from using this public road," while observing. 

Diversity Coalition San Luis Obispo County

• Seeks a more diverse, equitable and inclusive community through advocacy, education and community programs.

Immigration Resources: Know Your Rights

• The County of SLO now has a banner at the top of the home page to link residents and employers to "Know Your Rights" information. The resources are in English and Spanish, with links to videos in four indigenous languages as well. Please share widely.

Immigrant Legal Resource Center 

• Equip yourselves and those in your circle with RED CARDS. A red card is a valuable tool to have available for anyone who might need a quick and accessible explanation of their rights. Keep a stack in your car, and pass them out! PRINT YOUR OWN  or  ORDER RED CARDS

Immigrant Legal Resources Center (ILRC)

• Invaluable source of legal, social, and educational information for immigrant communities and those who advocate on their behalf.

SLO for Home

• Local non-profit helping our immigrant neighbors is empowering refugee families to rebuild their lives here on the Central Coast

Mujeres De Accion (Women of Action)

• Local nonprofit supporting our immigrant neighbors and friends. Community meetings are regularly held in Creston to help local immigrant families understand their rights and create action plans. They are also starting a Drivers Listos group in north SLO County   

• If you are interested in volunteering to drive people to get groceries, pick up kids from school or farther afield for immigration hearings etc.

One Community Fund (formerly SLO County UndocuSupport Fund)

• Provides funding to organizations serving immigrant, undocumented, and mixed-status families across SLO County. Funding will focus on essential needs like housing, food, and healthcare. 

• Provides tools including the Immigrant Services Guide to improve access to trusted resources and support. 

• To learn more, or explore how you can get more involved, contact One Community Program Manager at chelsea@cfsloco.org

R.A.C.E. Matters SLO 

• Creates artistic, cultural, educational, and social experiences that amplify Black voices!

SLO County UndocuSupport 

• Provides and connects resources, support and advocacy for and with undocumented and other immigrant families in SLO County in order to make meaningful impact and true system change.

CAPSLO, Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc. 

 For over 60 years, has been a cornerstone of community action, from early education classrooms to the 40 Prado Homeless Services Center.

 LGBTQ+

THE GALA PRIDE AND DIVERSITY CENTER of San Luis Obispo

Supports and empowers people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions in order to strengthen and unite our Central Coast community.

Trans-Life Hotline

Since the current US administration plans to defund the 988 suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, Canada has broadcasted their national hotline which now has a toll-free American version: 1-877-330-6366, available in English and Spanish.