Immigration

 New Republic - ResistMap, a project of TurnLeft PAC that launched Thursday, offers immigrants and their communities an opportunity to monitor and track ICE via text updates and a national map. The group hopes that through reports made by people witnessing ICE raids, they can create a live nationwide registry of ICE activity. With time, that could provide archival data on which areas of the country have faced increased scrutiny from the deportation agency under Donald Trump’s helm.

TurnLeft managing director Samantha Boucher, the brains behind the project, described ResistMap as a “national network where communities protect each other.” Initially, the site will feature a simple map identifying areas across the country where reports have been logged. Users will be able to submit reports via a form and sign up for text alerts through the platform. But with time, the project also plans to fold in reports of extremist militia activity, police violence, hate crimes, and state discrimination into its data center.