Masks Off ICE: Tell the Albuquerque Mayor & Council, Do More to Protect Our Rights & Our Immigrant Neighbors

Mayor Keller & the Albuquerque City Council

The City of Albuquerque has instituted strong policies to be an immigrant friendly city in the past, but now there is more the City can do to unite and protect our neighbors in the face of Trump's attacks.

We're made less safe when neighbors are afraid that masked men may kidnap them with no way of knowing who they are. Our workplaces become less stable when our coworkers are unsure if the work day could be interrupted by a warrantless raid.

We've already witnessed a worker being tased at the Walmart on Coors and a worker dying during a raid in California.  

It's urgent we do more as a city to protect our rights and our neighbors.


Add your name to tell the Mayor and Council you support doing more.

  1. Require ICE agents visibly identify themselves and ban the use of masks for immigration agents operating within city limits.  

  2. Require local law enforcement to verify federal agents’ identity when and if deployed to sites of enforcement activity Identities

  3. Protect our schools, churches, and hospitals by formally naming them 'sensitive locations.'

  4. Facilitate virtual access to services and court.

  5. Create city emergency response infrastructure to respond to families in crisis impacted by ICE enforcement

  6. Publicly fund deportation defense. Due process shouldn’t depend on your income.

  7. Expand current “Know Your Rights” efforts to a full public relations educational campaign

  8. Protect all of our city data—no sharing without a judge’s order

  9. Require notification from federal agencies if they are to conduct enforcement in Albuquerque.

  10. Make it safer to go to work by mandating training on how to protect employees' rights when responding to raids for any company that does business with the city.

  11. Pass an Immigrant Civil Rights Act to affirm citywide protections for all, regardless of status

Because of the recent budget bill in Congress, ICE now has a larger budget than most foreign militaries.

It's up to local leaders to strengthen and expand existing policy to respond to this moment.  

Please add your name to show your support and tell our local leaders your expect action.
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Alex for Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM

To: Mayor Keller & the Albuquerque City Council
From: [Your Name]

Dear Mayor and Council,

As a concerned resident of Albuquerque, I am writing to urgently request you use the power of your office to take action to protect our immigrant neighbors and all of our rights in the face of abuse of power by federal agents.

There's at least 11 poilcies you can institute to strengthen our city's protections. Examples include: Ban the use of masks by ICE agents operating within the city, designate our schools, places of worship, and hospitals as sensitive locations, and mandate training for companies doing business with the city to ensure they know their rights and have taken essential steps to keep their workplaces safer for their employees.

Thank you for your consideration.