Why are people blowing whistles during #BorderPatrol raids in #NorthCarolina? What to know

By Renee Umsted, November 18, 2025

#InTheseTimes also mentioned these #AntiICE #whistles in the latest issue...

"How to use whistles during ICE raids

Two types of whistle blows indicate different spottings.

- Blowing whistles in short bursts alerts people that agents are in the area.
- Blowing whistles in a long blast alerts people that agents are detaining someone.

In response to the whistles, bystanders can either move to safety or, to help spread awareness of agents in the area, head toward the sound and form a crowd."

Read more:
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article312962296.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/8IiUU

#ResistICE #ICESucks #WhistlesAgainstICE

A video analysis of one early morning raid in #LosAngeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive #BorderPatrol tactics. youtu.be/9ws1r6CaSXs?...

Inside an Immigration Raid Tha...

Humanoid Robots Join Border Patrol: A Surreal Technological Shift

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/humanoid-robots-join-border-patrol-a-surreal-technological-shift/

Amid #ICE Arrests, #Chicago Filmmaker And Citizen Journalist Captures A City Under Siege

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/24/amid-ice-arrests-chicago-filmmaker-and-citizen-journalist-captures-a-city-under-siege/

Andrew Freer of Go Fourth Media is releasing a series of documentary shorts on YouTube chronicling ICE and #BorderPatrol activity and the stories of local activists standing up for their neighbors.

#Clankers? In my #BorderPatrol? #AI is more likely than you think.

#TechnologyNews #AIBubble

https://www.404media.co/ice-contracts-company-making-bounty-hunter-ai-agents

Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts?

https://murica.website/2025/12/amid-southern-us-raids-whos-making-money-off-border-patrol-and-ice-contracts/

"While terrorism is horrible, Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute demonstrates that foreign-born terrorism is extremely rare. Terrorism by those who illegally crossed the border is rarer still. The level of militarization we’ve seen is disproportionate to the scale of the threat.

Recently, the executive branch has used increasingly militaristic framings and rhetoric. For example, the administration claims that their policies are about repelling an alleged “invasion.” People who migrate to find work, start businesses, escape violence and persecution, or live with their families are not an invading army! While some immigrants commit crimes, this is not the same thing as an invasion. Legal scholar Ilya Somin has carefully refuted the “invasion” argument multiple times.

Militarized attempts to secure the border or enforce immigration laws have serious collateral consequences for ordinary Americans. These consequences are exacerbated by the fact that the militarized tools developed to secure the border are often turned toward domestic issues unrelated to border security. As a result, border militarization reshapes governance in a way that threatens freedom for all Americans.

As the Border Patrol becomes increasingly militarized and increasingly involved in domestic life, it threatens the basic liberties of American citizens."

https://gunsguardsandgovernance.substack.com/p/guns-guards-and-governance

#USA #BorderPatrol #BorderMilitarization #CivilLiberties #PoliticalEconomy

The Horns and Whistles Work

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/the-horns-and-whistles-work/

Texas Now Has a Drone Fleet Nearly as Large as the US Border Patrol’s

https://murica.website/2025/12/texas-now-has-a-drone-fleet-nearly-as-large-as-the-us-border-patrols/

The Horns and Whistles Work

https://murica.website/2025/12/the-horns-and-whistles-work/

#BorderPatrol Bets on Small #Drones to Expand #US #Surveillance Reach

https://www.wired.com/story/border-patrol-bets-on-small-drones-to-expand-us-surveillance-reach/

#CBP #privacy #politics

#Minneapolis, #Minnesota - #BorderPatrol "agent" VIOLENTLY drags a protester, a woman by the wrist and arm across the pavement during an #immigration "operation!" Aka a KIDNAPPING!!

#BorderPatrol Bets on Small #Drones to Expand US #Surveillance Reach

Federal records show #CBP is moving from testing small drones to making them standard surveillance tools, expanding a network that can follow activity in real time and extend well beyond the #border.
#security #privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/border-patrol-bets-on-small-drones-to-expand-us-surveillance-reach/

Dearest Mr. Gregory Bovino, Commander-at-Large of the US #BorderPatrol, thank you so much for returning to #Chicago to address the threat of illegal immigrants working, living, and supporting their families in our fair city. My family and I feel unsafe with how they go to their jobs and do other responsible things at rates greater than American citizens. Please don't allow this lawfulness to continue. Sincerely, A Citizen Concerned with Bull$#!+

#Bovino #BorderPatrol caravan hits #Chicago area for second day, making arrest in #Evanston

#GregBovino, the #CBP commander who has become the face of the #Trump admin’s #deportation efforts, held what amounted to an impromptu “news” conference at an Evanston gas station, saying he couldn’t provide a reason for the arrest because his agents were “still running checks.”

#propaganda #FalseArrests #law #immigration #DueProcess #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #WhiteSupremacy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/17/chicago-immigration-ice-border-patrol-bovino-president-donald-trump-deport-midway-blitz

#Bovino & his team were seen detaining a man near 27th Street & Ridgeway Avenue in #LittleVillage around 10:20 AM. Nearby, neighbors & activists shouted, blew whistles & set up trash cans to try to block a #BorderPatrol caravan.

“All you’re doing in terrorizing us, scaring people. There’s little kids,” one person shouted at Bovino & other agents, blocks from where the arrest happened.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CBP #Sturmabteilung

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Senior #BorderPatrol official #GregBovino returns to #Chicago

#Bovino, the face of the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown, was photographed Tuesday in the predominantly Mexican American neighborhood of #LittleVillage by the Chicago Sun-Times as neighbors & activists blew whistles & shouted.

#law #judiciary #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/16/greg-bovino-chicago-border-patrol-president-donald-trump-deportation-immigration

Oh, Greg #Bovino, #BorderPatrol, I see you're back in #Chicagoland. To be clear, you're not welcome here, and Chicagoans are just as willing to stand strong against your deportation regime as we were before. Let's go.

#BorderPatrol Boss #Bovino Back In #Chicago As Agents Target Southwest Side

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/16/border-patrol-boss-bovino-back-in-chicago-as-agents-target-southwest-side/

Bovino and about 200 Border Patrol agents have arrived in Chicago for more enforcement action, sources said.

A #BorderPatrol "agent" died after a series of controversial events including following a woman into a restroom while OFF DUTY with his GUN drawn!! youtu.be/PW2P4JUDBPY?...

Border patrol Agent Tazed Afte...