r/EmergencyManagement • u/Smokey_tha_bear9000 • 3d 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/Dry_Policy7559 3d ago

EM that allow ICE in to these shelters will be seen as supporting ICE. Out the window will go any trust your office had with immigrants and you’ll be seen as a partisan-affiliated agency.

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u/No-Fail7484 3d ago

Don’t let ice in. Get them gone as an attacker. Toss them away from water and food to avoid contamination. Keep your shelter clean.