r/EmergencyManagement • u/Smokey_tha_bear9000 • 4d ago

ICE at disasters

Hey friends,

There’s been some growing concern in my world from shelter managers becoming concerned about the potential for ICE to show up at Hurricane/emergency shelters. There was a Biden administration directive that was supposed to prevent immigration raids etc from occurring during natural disasters. Our local leadership has expressed the idea that this shouldn’t be a problem.

But with yesterday’s arrests of wildland firefighters AT a wildfire in Washington, it appears that nowhere is safe anymore.

Be safe out there and look out for each other and especially those that we serve.

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u/NolaApex 4d ago

I hadn’t heard of those arrests but that is negligent to me. Pulling emergency workers from an active scene is inviting animosity and legal action. 

Given the current atmosphere we find ourselves in though, how would we stop them?  How do you physically stop agents from entering your shelter? 

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u/Smokey_tha_bear9000 4d ago

Hard to say. We are truly in unprecedented times in America.

I can muse at what I might do but when the rubber meets the road I don’t really know how it would go. Would I lose my job? Probably. But at least I’ll have a clear conscience.