Siembra NC, a North Carolina immigrant rights group, has launched a digital map showing where federal immigration officials have been sighted across the state.The goal is to help immigrants make informed decisions about their routes to school and work.
The website, called Ojo Obrero (“Look out, workers”), compiles sightings of immigration enforcement activity into a single, statewide map. Organizers say the tool is meant to counter misinformation and give communities a better sense of where enforcement activity has taken place as federal operations continue to disrupt daily life.
“We want this to be a resource for people to get a clear picture and make decisions accordingly,” Emanuel Gomez Gonzalez, Siembra NC communications strategist, told reporters during a virtual press conference.
The map includes only verified sightings of federal immigration operations. Each report must be backed by video or testimonial evidence reviewed by attorneys and volunteer networks. Organizers said most initial reports don’t meet that standard and are left out.
The information is not updated in real time. It can take several days to verify whether an incident involved federal agents or whether it was just local law enforcement activity.
“This is a tool designed to provide a point of reference for how those patterns are actually taking place in our state,” Gonzalez said, “to allow people to continue to go about their day to day lives, even as we anticipate rumors and sightings of federal immigration agents to increase.”
The platform allows users to filter incidents by type, such as traffic stops, and by time of day, helping parents and workers plan travel routes, especially during early-morning hours when enforcement actions are more common.
The website offers several tools beyond the map, including a digital “red card” with know-your-rights guidance, a chatbot trained on ACLU materials, and translation features for interacting with law enforcement.
It also provides county-level data on traffic-related arrests that have led to ICE detention. Siembra NC said risks are higher in Gaston, Union, and Montgomery counties, as well as in counties that recently signed 287(g) agreements, which allow local law enforcement to work more closely with immigration authorities.
The group cautioned that the map is not comprehensive and often shows only where federal agents were present, not whether arrests occurred.
Recent incidents cited by the organization include traffic stops in Sampson County, where Newton Grove police pulled over at least eight workers last week, and an October arrest in the Catawba County town of Brookford, where a man stopped for driving without a license was later handed over to ICE under a new local-federal agreement.
“Everyone deserves to get to work, school and back home safely,” Siembra NC co-director Nikki Marín Baena said in the release. She added that many immigrant workers are legally barred from obtaining driver’s licenses, calling arrests that lead to ICE detention “cruelty” that harms the state’s economy.
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