‘No Kings’ Protests, Citizen-Run ICE Trackers Trigger Intelligence Warnings

While demonstrations continue to inflate in the United States in response to aggressive immigration and customs actions, civilians turn to homebrew digital tools to follow Ice arrests and raids in real time. But limited government documents, obtained by the non -profit supervision ownership of the people, show that US intelligence agencies are now considering the same tools as potential threats. A survey on the application of laws involving cards is also underway.

The details of the “No Kings” protest on Saturday – in particular those in California – are also featured by national intelligence centers, where analysts regularly distribute speculative threat assessments between federal, state and local agencies, according to an internal alert obtained exclusively by Wired.

An end -of -February bulletin distributed by a regional merger center based on Vermont highlights several websites hosting interactive cards which allow users to delete “pins” indicating meetings with ice agents.

The bulletin is based on information initially shared by a center for monitoring the American army threat known as Artic. Although he recognizes that most users seem to be civilians who work to avoid contacts with federal agents, this nevertheless raises the spectrum of “malicious actors” who are potentially based on such open source transparency tools to physically target the application of the law.

Artic, which operates under the aegis of the army intelligence and security command, could not be immediately joined to comment.

Property of the population, a non -profit organization focused on transparency and national security, has tried to obtain additional details on the cards using the laws on public files. The group was informed by the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCCIC) that all the relevant information is “associated with active surveys on the application of laws”.

The NCRIC did not immediately respond to the request for Wired comments.

“The police seem to seem to be the alarm on the incredible and hypothetical hypothetical risks which would have posed by these platforms for monitoring ice raids,” said Wired Ryan Shapiro, executive director of Property of the People. “But transparency is not terrorism, and the real security threat is a militarized secret police invading our communities and removing our neighbors.”

Documents identify the cards and shared information between Reddit And the Padlet website, which allows users to collaborate and create interactive cards. An “OPSEC” warning concerning the cards was also issued separately in February by the Wisconsin State Intelligence Center (WSIC). This report indicates that sites are treated as a “strategic threat” and are under surveillance by a division of special operations.

WSIC, which could not be immediately contacted to comment, warned in its report on persistent online threats for ice officers, highlighting articles on social media applications like X And Tiktok This includes messages calling on Americans to store weapons and “shooting”. While some messages have been judged containing “explicit threats”, most seem to reflect cathartic indignation in the face of punitive tactics of the immigration application of the Trump administration, intelligence analysts noting that many users “discussed hypothetical scenarios”. Nevertheless, analysts reported the volume and tone of content as a real concern for the security of officers.

Each document is marked for the eyes of the police only – a warning not to discuss details with the public or the press.

A distinct report obtained by Wired and dated mid-May shows the monitoring plans of the Central California Intelligence Center (CCIC) for the next “No Kings” demonstrations. He identifies Sacramento, Fresno and Stockton, among dozens of other protest sites. The information is widely available online, including on the No Kings website.

The bulletin notes that the demonstrations are promoted as a “non -violent action”, but says that the agency plans to produce additional intelligence reports for “threat liaison officers”. It concludes with a bridge language which indicates that the CCIC recognizes the right of citizens to collect, speak and petition the government, but supervises the need to collect information on “activities protected by the first amendment” as essential to “ensure the safety of the first stakeholders and the public”.

Roughly 2,000 protests should take place at the national level simultaneously with a military parade in Washington, DC, should include 6,600 soldiers of the American army, 150 military vehicles, including 28 abrams tanks, rocket launchers and guided missiles.

Demonstrations broke out in Los Angeles and the country’s cities during last week in response to a repression of immigration commanded by Trump and Deployment of federal troopsIncluding the navies and units of the National Guard, to support the police.

The demonstrators repel what they consider as an authoritarian show – as Surveillance drones fly over And armored vehicles roll in the heavy districts of immigrants. Tensions broke out between demonstrators and the police, fueling concerns about Surveillance, civil freedomsand the legality to use military force to remove civilian disorders.

The use of military quality equipment and the limits of the authority of the troops has become key flash points in a broader debate on the executive power and the application of immigration.

The organizers of No Kings supervise the demonstrations as a day of challenge on a national scale: “Blocs of the city in small towns, from the marches of the courthouse to the community parks, we take measures to reject authoritarianism – and show the world what democracy really looks like.”