“Only the people save the people.” On October 5, ICE launched Operation Safe California – a 45-day surge targeting sanctuary cities across the state. DHS won’t confirm it exists. But communities from San Diego to Los Angeles, the Central Valley, and Ventura County are watching it happen in real time: federal agents told to “go after anybody,” kidnapping hundreds of people in the first 10 days alone, all playing out right before the US midterms. But communities are fighting back. Jonathan Renoj of VC Defensa explains how the community is fighting back – and why federal raids on volunteers’ homes only grew the movement.

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