Refuse ICE Employment and Resist ICE Operations

“ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world. It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since last year. Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.” —Robert Reich

Under the direction of President Donald Trump US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), often involving masked and brutal agents, has launched a veritable spree of immigration arrests, raids, detentions, and deportations. Asserting only those with serious criminal records would be subject to apprehension is yet another Trump lie.

Those swept up are mostly hardworking and taxpaying immigrants with no or extremely minor criminal records, many of whose documentation paperwork is in order, who are diligently following legal requirements, and may have permanent residency status in the US. In some cases, those who have been swept up include US citizens, and in one instance a US citizen, Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good, has been murdered.

Families have been subjected to wanton and cruel separations. Persons have been held indefinitely, some incommunicado, at locations far from their normal places of residence. Some have been transported to dismal conditions in foreign settings that are not their countries of origin.

Also patently obvious is that this is a politically-driven and racist policy. Urban areas that did not vote for Trump have specifically been targeted for raids and enforcement. Those stopped, subjected to questioning, and detained are typically brown or black. In a diverse, multiethnic and supposedly open society such as the US purports to be, such policy is simply unacceptable.

CCDS urges any and all who encounter calls or advertisements to work for ICE refuse such job offers. Join us in resisting the siren song of racist and anti-democratic employment. Organize and join efforts to restrain and stop ICE, to disrupt their brutal Gestapo-type tactics, challenge them everywhere, support legal action against them, bring the message to all demonstrations and protests to abolish ICE.

We demand humane treatment and well-being for everyone in the US and subject to its jurisdiction. As the labor movement has taught us — “an injury to one is an injury to all!”

See links for further background.

On ICE employment:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-law-enforcement-recruitment-online-ads-b2892877.html

On ICE brutality:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/shocking-images-reveal-the-brutality-of-ice-raids-tearing-through-us-communities/ar-AA1PCI7R

[CCDS – January 2026]

CCDS Condemns President Trump’s Aggression Towards Latin America

No war on Venezuela! No Military aggression against Colombia or Mexico! No deadly US assaults on boaters!

CCDS condemns the far-right cabal in the White House for its unprovoked aggression against our Latin American neighbors. We simultaneously condemn the US military’s naked aggression and murders, from September 2 through November 12, 2025, of 75 people on 19 boats off the coasts of Venezuela, Colombia, and Mexico.  These murders by US armed forces are simply piracy that violate international and US law, including Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution.

We note the Commander of the US Southern Command, Admiral Alvin Holsey, announced his early retirement supposedly in response to President Donald Trump’s actions against Venezuela. Nonetheless, we demand the court martial of military brass who’ve overseen the assassination of unarmed civilians on the high seas. We call for international court indictments of those US officials who’ve ordered this policy.

Trump’s assault includes threatening B-52 bomber flights, intervention by the CIA, and the stationing of a full aircraft carrier group with 15,000 troops off the Caribbean coast of Venezuela. Without evidence, these actions are based on a fabrication that President Nicolas Maduro is responsible for the operation of a Venezuela drug cartel. Trump has further fabricated a claim that the export of illegal drugs constitutes an act of war.

We demand that Trump cease his threats against Venezuela, and more recently against Colombia and Mexico. Such belligerence is calculated to destabilize those societies. This may very well be a prelude for a much larger military attack and invasion. Imposition of the dominance and will of US foreign policy elites and corporations is the overall goal.

With specific regard to Venezuela, Trump’s assault is based on his avaricious stance toward its vast reserves of oil as well as mineral deposits. Despite the Maduro government’s offer to open up Venezuela’s natural resources to US oil and mining firms, the US has continued to press its assault.

The military threats are also aimed at the growing progressive majority in Venezuela. US elites seek to bring about an end to the Bolivarian Revolution. Through this Revolution, the majority is raising living standards, building housing, providing extensive medical care, and expanding higher education.

CCDS says “Defend the Venezuelan, Colombian, and Mexican peoples!”

“Solidarity with all Latin American people against US attack!”

 CCDS Endorses the Hague Group Resolutions: End Genocide in Gaza Now

The Hague Group, formed by nine nations in January 2025 to express concern about Israel’s genocidal policy in Gaza and the West Bank met in emergency session in July and adopted six resolutions listed below. Twelve countries adopted the resolutions and 30 countries (including the Republic of Ireland), primarily but not exclusively from the Global South attended and indicated they would bring the resolutions back to their countries. The resolutions in part declared the commitments of signatories to:
 1. Prevent  the  provision  or  transfer of  arms,  munitions,  military  fuel,  related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel, as appropriate, to ensure that our industry   does   not   contribute   the   tools   to   enable   or   facilitate   genocide,   war   crimes, crimes against humanity, and other violations of international law.
 2. Prevent   the   transit,  docking,   and   servicing   of   vessels   at   any   port,   if applicable,   within   our   territorial   jurisdiction,   while   being   fully   compliant   with applicable international law…
 3. Prevent   the   carriage   of   arms,  munitions,   military   fuel,   related   military equipment,  and  dual-use  items  to  Israel  on vessels  bearing  our flag,  while being  fully  compliant  with  applicable  international  law….
 4. Commence  an  urgent  review  of  all  public  contracts,  in  order  to  prevent public   institutions   and   public   funds,   where   applicable,   from   supporting Israel’s  illegal  occupation  of  the  Palestinian  Territory which  may  entrench  its unlawful  presence  in  the  territory,  to  ensure  that  our  nationals,  and  companies  and entities  under  our  jurisdiction,  as  well  as  our  authorities,  do  not  act  in  any  way  that would   entail   recognition   or   provide   aid   or   assistance   in   maintaining   the   situation created by Israel’s illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
5. Comply with our obligations  to  ensure accountability  for  the  most  serious crimes  under  international  law  through  robust,  impartial  and  independent investigations    and    prosecutions    at    national    or    international    levels…
6. Support universal jurisdiction mandates,  as  and  where  applicable  in  our legal  constitutional  frameworks  and  judiciaries, to  ensure  justice  for  all  victims and the prevention of future crimes in the Occupied Palestine Territory.