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Defend the 612 Organizes ICE-Watching Surveillance Network
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City Journal reports that Defend the 612, founded on December 1, 2025, and allied groups STAC and Project RP run frequent ICE-watch trainings and an extensive Signal network coordinating neighborhood surveillance. In January, two ICE watchers—Renée Good (Jan. 7) and Alex Pretti (Jan. 24)—were shot and killed during encounters with immigration agents, prompting scrutiny of tactics that encourage interference.
Key Points
- 1Organizes frequent ICE-watch trainings and a Signal network linking over 150 neighborhood and task-based chats.
- 2Connects to national actors STAC and Project RP, spreading templates that encourage interference with enforcement.
- 3Raises legal and safety risks after two January shootings, urging practitioners to reassess protest risk protocols.
Scoring Rationale
Investigative revelations of organized ICE-watching raise safety concerns, limited by local focus and low technical relevance to data science.
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