One of Chris’s big regrets is that so much of the immigration rapid-response network is organized on Signal. Given the extreme weather, Chris regrets there aren’t as many community meetings as there should be in the neighborhood.

​>“Everybody should be in their local gymnasium, at their elementary school, talking about what they think they should do. You know, there should be food, there should be childcare, there should be security. You should be able to come raise your ideas,” says Chris, “And then we should make decisions about how we want to escalate the struggle, because that’s the only way we’re gonna be able to stop these people.”