The Rapid Response Network of Kern has officially deployed their volunteers into the community to provide assistance following fears from recent immigration raids in Los Angeles.
- The Rapid Response Network of Kern was established in 2018, made up of local organizations, community leaders, and immigrant rights advocates, providing multiple resources to the undocumented population.
- Year round, they have about 25-30 regular volunteers, but when times in need occur, rapid response deploys all 200 volunteers into the community.
- This has been the case since June 6 with ICE officers being spotted in Los Angeles and its neighboring communities claiming to conduct targeted enforcement in the downtown area.
Little red cards are being distributed into the community by the Rapid Response of Kern. Preparing the immigrant population for possible encounters with ICE officials. These efforts come after the recent immigration raids in Los Angeles.
“I’m part of an immigrant family, I came here undocumented when I was two and a half years old so it hit very close to home,” said volunteer Vicky Garrido. “You know just seeing families being taken people who are in fear.”
Garrido tells me she decided to become a volunteer with the group called “Rapid Response Network of Kern” in January, after sightings of border patrol were confirmed in Kern County…