[Translated to English beneath Spanish section.]

Originalmente publicado en la revista "crisis".

Extracto:

Además, OCAD y otras agrupaciones y colectivos vecinales hicieron estallar chats y grupos de Facebook e Instagram en los más de 70 distritos de la ciudad con flyers para asistir a los Migra Watching Trainings, o talleres de defensa comunitaria. Son entrenamientos dirigidos a vecinos, iglesias, centros comunitarios, escuelas, guarderías e incluso pequeñas y medianas empresas que quieren proteger a sus trabajadores ante el avance militarizado del ICE. La respuesta fue inesperada incluso para quienes llevan décadas en el activismo. “Personas que nunca habían estado involucradas, o que no eran latinas; incluso ciudadanos estadounidenses blancos de barrios acomodados empezaron a mostrar interés en asistir a los cursos y a difundir información valiosa”, dice Miguel Alvelo Rivera, director de la Unión Latina de Chicago, una organización que defiende a jornaleros.

Originally published in "crisis" magazine.

Excerpt:

In addition, OCAD and other organizations and neighborhood groups created chats and Facebook and Instagram groups in the more than 70 community areas in the city with flyers promoting Migra Watch Trainings, or community defense workshops. These trainings are oriented towards neighbors, churches, community centers, schools, daycares, and even small and medium-sized businesses who want to protect their employees from ICE's militarized operation. The reponse on behalf of the community was unexpected even for those who have been involved in activism for decades. "People who had never been involved before, and those who weren't Latino; Even white American citizens from wealthier neighborhoods began showing interest in attending these workshops and spread important information," said Miguel Alvelo-Rivera, director of the Latino Union of Chicago, an organization that protects day laborers.