Romero is part of a coalition of trained volunteers called Unión del Barrio, who patrol the barrios, or neighbourhoods, to look for immigration enforcement, “La Migra”. When they spot Ice activity, they post videos that go viral, alerting people to seek shelter. Since June, Unión del Barrio volunteers have been patrolling Terminal Island, where they say federal immigration agents have been staging enforcement operations. Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other agencies arrive here early in the morning, Romero said, before being dispatched to conduct raids across southern California. “They’re clocking in to go kidnap people. They see us, they flip us off.”