Hotlines
Twin Ports Rapid Response
(218) 213-5009
See or experience an ICE raid in the Duluth / Superior region?
Call us.
COPAL Hotline
(partners with Immigrant Defense Network)
612-255-3112
Call the COPAL helpline immediately if you witness activity or a family/neighbor is impacted and needs support.
Immigrant Defense Network
If you see something, record it.
Video documentation helps protect our communities and please send it to
info@immigrantdefensenetwork.org
with a description of what happened.
Monarca Hotline
612-441-2881
Based in the Twin Cities
If you see any federal activity, call this hotline.
Constitutinal Observation Resources
Organized by information source.
In alphabetical order
ACLU
Minnesota ICE Observer & Protestor Rights form
Rights Violated by ICE or Federal Forces? Let us know!
Recording and Documenting Police and Federal Agents
Know Your Rights
COPAL
"COPAL, Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina, is a member-based organization established in 2018 to improve the quality of life of Latine families. Over the past seven years, COPAL has evolved to become a well-known, grassroots power-building, and visionary transnational organization."
The Handbook for Constitutional Observers
Immigrant Defense Network (IDN)
Key provider of Constitutional Observer Trainings
"Established in 2025, the Immigrant Defense Network (IDN) is an alliance of over 90 immigrant, labor, legal, faith, and community organizations dedicated to protecting and advancing the constitutional rights of immigrant communities across Minnesota. In the face of ongoing and escalating threats to immigrant rights, IDN delivers trusted information, referrals to legal support, and coordinated educational activities. Immigrants are the backbone of Minnesota’s economy, cultural richness, and civic life. We all deserve to live with dignity and without fear."
Monarca
Monarca provides Upstander Trainings & multilingual informational resources.
This includes English, Spanish & Somali KRY pamphlets.
National Immigrant Justice Center
Transparency Project
"The National Immigrant Justice Center’s Transparency Project uses federal Freedom of Information Act and local open records laws to combat secrecy and expose systemic abuse in the U.S. immigration detention and enforcement system."
Occupy MN
Community Defense Guide
The Community Defense Guide is an essential resource for activists providing first aid, rapid response, and other forms collective support. Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills needed to defend and stand with your neighbors.
States at the Core (STAC)
ICE Watch Resources
The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
Immigration Hotlines (National)
"NNIRR has gathered a list of national, state and local Immigration Hotlines."
The Advocates for Human Rights
Immigration Court Observation Project
"The Immigration Court Observation Project draws on the international human rights practice of trial monitoring to identify, bring visibility to, and end systemic human rights violations arising in the context of civil immigration enforcement."
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Rights to document & report
UnidosMN
"Unidos MN is a grassroots organization that builds power with Minnesota's working families to advance social, racial, and economic justice for all."
United We Dream
Know Your Rights
Including how to Record & Report
We Have Rights
Video tutorials
An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Available in eight languages: English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Mandarin, Haitian Creole, Russian, and Urdu.
See the video: "When Documenting ICE Arrests"
Whistle Warriors
Whistle alert instructions
Includes sheets you can print
Know Your Rights
(Includes How to Record & Report)
WITNESS
Helping people everywhere harness the power of video and audiovisual technology to tell their stories
