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Brave New Films follows day laborers' neighborhood watch against ICE raids

Robert Greenwald produces and Andres Useche directs the latest RESIST short, the channel's only new upload this week.

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RESIST: ICE Raids (Volunteer at Links in Description)

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0:05Footage shows armed ICE agents emerging from a rented moving truck to detain day laborers near a Home Depot.
1:13Organizers explain how Adopt a Corner monitors storefronts and alerts workers to enforcement activity.
2:18ICE Commuters volunteers follow federal vehicles to document operations and warn local residents.
3:15A panelist argues that changing enforcement policy ultimately requires changing elected leadership through voting.

Armed agents emerge from a rented moving truck near a Home Depot. Brave New Films opens its new advocacy documentary with that footage, then shifts attention to the people watching for the next enforcement operation.

"RESIST: ICE Raids (Volunteer at Links in Description)" follows community efforts to document raids and warn day laborers. Organizers explain an "Adopt a Corner" initiative built around monitoring storefronts; elsewhere, volunteers calling themselves "ICE Commuters" follow federal vehicles and alert residents. The film makes its position explicit: these are neighbors organizing against the raids, not a detached overview of immigration enforcement.

Produced by Robert Greenwald and directed and edited by Andres Useche, the short extends the channel's RESIST series from legal representation to street-level observation. October's "Lawyers: RESIST (Deportation of Unrepresented Immigrants)" focused on attorneys representing people facing deportation. Both films connect documentary testimony with a case for civic participation.

The new release had drawn about 300 views after its first day and is currently the busiest of the channel's active uploads. Across the whole library, Brave New Films added roughly 18,000 views this week, while its subscriber count remained unchanged. Today's viewing is below its usual daily level.

It was a modest viewing week beside nearby political channels such as Mallen Baker and Claus Kellerman POV. For Brave New Films, the main addition was a new perspective within an established series: the people keeping watch outside stores and from the passenger seat.

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