Migration has become a primary wedge issue for authoritarian movements around the world — a testing ground for democratic erosion, the normalization of detention, and the dismantling of rights. The tactics being deployed in the United States are being watched globally with alarm. Families separated on the street by armed state agents — without warning, without warrant. Migrants stripped of due process and access to legal counsel. Detention expanding as a tool of political control.
For many watching from outside the United States, the alarm is not only about what is happening there. These tactics are spreading. The political logic behind them is already reshaping landscapes closer to home. And communities are fighting back.
This tactical, interactive session brings two visionary leaders on the frontlines of this moment — Emilia González Avalos (MN Unidos, Minneapolis) and Silky Shah (Detention Watch Network) — into direct conversation with an international audience. They’ll share how their work actually functions on the ground: the mechanics of community defense, the infrastructure behind rapid response, and the strategies targeting the contracts and systems that enable detention at scale. Then we move into breakout groups to ask: what travels? What would need to adapt?
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