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Fernanda Jimenez-Hauch, an organizer with Comité Sin Fronteras, leads community verifier training at the office of Voces De La Frontera, 733 W. Historic Mitchell St. (Screen grab from video by Trisha Young / Wisconsin Watch)

As immigration enforcement increases in the city, some community members want to better document the activities of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.  

Comité Sin Fronteras, an arm of Voces de la Frontera, is training people to serve as “community verifiers” – who confirm or deny reports of ICE actions and document incidents when they do happen. 

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A key element of the project, dubbed, “La Migra Watch,” is to raise awareness about the hotline anyone can use to report possible ICE activity, said Raul Rios, an organizer with Comité. 

“That is how, statewide, we can get involved and get on the ground to help each other,” Rios said. 

In this video, Rios explains how the verification process works, and we follow a verifier after a call to the hotline is made. 

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Trisha Young serves as the audio/video producer for Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and Wisconsin Watch. Before then, she was the health reporter for NNS. She is a 2019 graduate of UW-Milwaukee with a degree in film, video, animation and new genres.

Devin Blake began his career as a journalist at Patch, covering the Southern California communities he grew up in, with a particular focus on local businesses, unemployment, and organizations addressing unmet community needs. As he witnessed the growing homelessness crisis, he transitioned into working as a resource and information coordinator, supporting community groups and nonprofits serving unhoused populations, including the elderly, developmentally disabled, and individuals living with HIV/AIDS. In addition to his community-focused work, Blake has contributed to publications such as New York Magazine, The Onion, and McSweeney’s. He enjoys spending time with his wife and navigating the daily adventures of parenting his young son.