Start than originally thought. But it could still roll out over new days. We went door to door. Reporter this group of volunteers came together after a call for help went out over social media. The volunteers say fear was running through the largely immigrant canal neighborhood. This after a rumor spread that ice agents had been spotted in the neighborhood saturday night. The volunteers wanted to help ease those fears. Im indianmuslim. I need to show up for latinos. They need to show up for the muslims. Everybody needs to show up for each other. Reporter they stand up passing out pamplets. We have to do something. If it means that i got to stand out here a few hours in the hot sun and hand out flyers, im going to do that. Reporter at st. Johns in the mission district, they were ready to offer sanctuary this weekend, but no one came asking. Parish inn parishners say they believe many immigrants just stay home. The fear of the raids is almost as powerful and almost as disruptive in peopl
Begins. Reporter we get word the on g off to a slower, lowkey start than originally thought but could still roll out over the next couple days. We went door to door. Reporter this group of marin county volunteers came together after a call for help went out over social media. The volunteers say fear was running through the largely immigrant canal neighborhood of san rafael. This after a rumor spread that i. C. E. Agents had been spotted in the neighborhood saturday night. The volunteers wanted to help ease those fears. Im indianmuslim. I need to show up for latinos. They need to show up for the muslims. Everybody needs to show up for each other. Reporter they fanned out over the neighbhoou know your r answered questions and stood ready to document any arrests. We had to do something. If it means i got to stand out here a few hours in the hot sun and hand out flyers, well, im going to do that. Reporter at st. Johns Evangelist Episcopal Church in the mission district, they were ready to
Immigrant advocate groups that tried to mobilize response including keeping tabs on movements by i. C. E. Agents, and so far they havent seen any activity. This sunday there wasnt much activity in the immigration congratulation and enforcement office. A spokesperson declined any comments on their operations which target people who have been ordered to be deported by a judge. Were monitoring them. Reporter Luis Angel Reyes zabala tells me i. C. E. Usually likes to operate in secret. Donald trump announcing sweeps probably didnt help much. I thought if theyre going the strike, theyre going to strike on a day not announced by the president. Reporter he says no one has called their Rapid Response hotlines reporting agents active in Northern California so far, was anxiety about these raids is palpable. The Mission District has been unusually quiet for a sunny sunday. St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church is a designated safe haven for immigrants, but no immigrants showed up. Church goers
1,000 undocumented immigrants were imported every day. Reports that the raids were relatively quiet, with only a handful of arrests. Some ice activity has been reported in new york. But no reports yet of any raids or arrests here in the bay area or even across california. Nbc bay area is live in San Francisco with us for more on that story. Roz . Reporter were at ice headquarters where it has been quiet today say for a lone protester. But word there might be these ice sweeps put people on edge. It had neighbors coming to their defense. Now, this a neighborhood, they organized after rumors spread on saturday gh the volunteers passed out know your rights familiar lpamplets. We have to do something. If it means i have to stand out here a few hours in the hot sun and hand out flyers, im going to do that because i know there is children in those cages that are suffering way more than i am right now. Reporter we have learned that the planned ice operation for today is starting slow and could
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