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CURFEW TO STOP PEOPLE WHO WERE CAUSING TROUBLE. SEVERAL IMMIGRATION GROUPS HAVE JOINED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A HOTLINE THAT KEEPS TRACK OF ACTIVE ICE OPERATIONS HERE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. NOW THEY’RE WORKING TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THAT NUMBER SO RESIDENTS CAN REPORT ICE ACTIVITY. �������� 13 LISA CRANE TELLS US ABOUT BAM MEAGER WATCH. (888) 664-2325. THAT’S THE NUMBER TO CALL TO REPORT ICE ACTIVITY. IT’S THE BAM GEIGER WATCH HOTLINE DESIGNED TO KEEP TRACK OF AND DOCUMENT ICE ACTIVITY IN THE METRO AREA. IF WE RECEIVE A CALL ABOUT POSSIBLE ACTIVITY, WE SEND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS TO GO OUT AND VERIFY WHAT’S HAPPENING AS BEST AS THEY CAN. AND WE MIGHT PUT OUT A POST ON OUR FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM MASSACHUSETTS. HAMILTON SAYS THE VOLUNTEER VERIFIERS ARE NEEDED BECAUSE OFTEN ICE AGENTS ARE UNDERCOVER IN PLAIN CLOTHES. THE VOLUNTEERS ARE THERE TO CONFIRM THEY ARE REAL FEDERAL AGENTS. THEY ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE ANYONE ICE AGENTS ARE SPEAKING TO KNOWS THEIR RIGHTS. PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ONCE THEY START ANSWERING QUESTIONS. IF THE ICE CAN FIND REASONABLE CAUSE TO THINK THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE PAPERS, THEN ICE CAN DETAIN THEM. ORGANIZERS SAY THE HOTLINE AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ARE ALSO A WAY TO WARN IMMIGRANTS. IF WE DO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE’S ACTIVE ACTIVITY HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT, WE PUT OUT THIS WARNING SO PEOPLE CAN AVOID THE AREA. IF YOU KNOW THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT IT. WE REACHED OUT TO ICE OFFICES HERE IN BIRMINGHAM AND NEW ORLEANS TO GET THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE HOTLINE, BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO REACH ANYONE IN EITHER OF THOSE LOCATIONS. WE CAME BY HERE TO THIS SOUTH SIDE OFFICE. THIS IS WHERE REGISTERED UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS HAVE REGULAR CHECK INS WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS. NOW, EVEN WHEN THE DOOR SAID OPEN ON IT, IT WAS LOCKED. NO ONE ANSWERED THE DOOR OR THE PHONE NUMBER LISTED ON THE