The Immigration Action Team is fully focused on supporting individuals and families and communities who suffer as a result of immigration policy and enforcement.
The group views this as a moral issue, and not a partisan one.
Contact the Team
Responding to ICE actions in Connecticut
SITUATION UPDATE:
· Our immigrant neighbors in Norwalk and surrounding had a brutal last week of August. We witnessed intensified ICE apprehensions focused on lower income neighborhoods, school bus stops, yard/home supply and grocery stores. Documented minimum number of apprehensions in southwestern CT last week was 94.
· Mutual Aid concluded an extremely active delivery week, including many Haitian families. Nonetheless, the true need is unclear since many are unsure whether food delivery is safe.
· Dozens of Community Observer volunteers have been extremely busy documenting ICE activity. Without observers, ICE activity would occur with limited public awareness.
· Support organizations, including the Immigration Action Team, have been scrambling to provide timely and meaningful responses to support our neighbors in need.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
Volunteer in areas of immediate need (various levels of training provided):
· SNUI Mutual Aid – Shop, pack and deliver food every Friday to 100+ local families in distress.
· Community Observation – When ICE action is reported, go to the site to witness and alert a rapid response team.
· Courthouse Accompaniment – Accompany immigrants to hearings at Stamford Courhouse. Training required.
· Public-facing expression – Safely join marches & protests.
In addition, please join monthly meetings of Good Trouble (trainings, letter-writing, community organizing) or consider joining the upcoming 11-part course of Sacred Ground (in which immigration plays a significant part of a new curriculum).
Please contact us at immigration@stpaulsnorwalk.org if you would like further information in any of these areas, or sign up to join us here.
Shalom,
Sam Rasmussen and Father Paul Carling for the
The Immigration Action Team
St. Paul's on the Green
For questions or comments, please be in touch at: immigration@stpaulsnorwalk.org
Resources:
The following are resources discussed and/or recommended in St. Paul’s Learning for Action meetings that you can use to educate yourself more fully or take action on local immigration issues.
An Open Letter from 154 Episcopal Bishops to their fellow Americans.
A message from the Rt. Rev. Jeff Mello, Bishop of Connecticut
Watch the Learning for Action meeting from 8/26/25 HERE and check back here for future sessions.
Stand in Solidarity
Saturday, July 25 10- 11:30 am *
NEW DATE! *
The St. Paul's Immigration Action team invites you to stand in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors who are now so at risk. Stamford Norwalk United with Immigrants (SNUI) will provide a training for volunteers who are interested in joining the Court Accompaniment Program. Learn what a court companion does (and doesn’t) do, as well as the Court Accompaniment process, including its protocols, potential risks and safety precautions. Please register here (location provided upon registration). Questions? Contact Sam Rasmussen or Father Paul Carling at immigration@stpaulsnorwalk.org
Affordability Town Hall (Held at St. Paul's on the Green)
Indivisible Stamford, and CT for All, who advocates on behalf of working people/families in CT on many of the issues that make living here so expensive (healthcare, wages, housing, energy, etc). Are holding town halls across the state to build a better understanding of the issues, legislation proposed to address affordability, and what citizens can do to help advance new laws that help.
GOOD TROUBLE NORWALK – INDIVISIBLE NORWALK
Advocacy collective and Indivisible Chapter
Email: goodtroublenorwalk@gmail.com
Follow them on CT DEMS event listing site:
Site Name on Mobilize: Good Trouble - Norwalk
Facebook/Instagram: @indivisiblenorwalk
Upcoming meetings (Held at St. Paul's on the Green)
July 12, 3 pm
Stamford Norwalk United for Immigrants
- Approach: “Boots on The Ground”, Rapid Response, starting a Community Watch Program
- Observer Training Interest Form
Past Immigration Action Meetings at St. Paul's:
Observation & Rapid Response Training
Tuesday, May 19- 6-8 pm
Observation & Rapid Response is a community-based emergency system, sponsored by Stamford and Norwalk United With Immigrants (SNUI) that provides aid, documentation and support to immigrants facing a crisis, such as an ICE raid or detention. Members of the St. Paul's Immigration Team will be attending a Rapid Response training next Sunday in Rowayton. Use this LINK for more information. If you would like to join them, click HERE to sign up. You will receive the exact location upon registration.
March 28th No Kings Rally in Stamford:
Parishioners from St. Paul's served as marshals at the rally helping to maintain apeaceful gathering.
December 2 at 7pm, Bob Duff, Senate Majority Leader; and Melissa Murray of Indivisible and Good Trouble described successful strategies for legislative advocacy at the local and state levels.
November 25 at 7pm, St. Paul’s hosted a training on the The Red Folder Project, a practical way to directly prepare immigrants for potential detainment, as well as to support individuals and families afterwards. Speakers included Johann Lopez, Norwalk Common Council member and Convener of the Norwalk Immigration Network; and Catalina Samper-Horak, founder of Building One Community, Interim CEO of 4-CT and local advocate.
Other Resources & Trainings:
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IMMIGRATION ACTION TOOLKIT
“Red Card” Resource (this is a pocket-sized, know-your-rights tool originated by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)
HUSKY 4 IMMIGRANTS
Advocacy to push for state to respond boldly against Medicaid cuts and PREVENT the legislature from making any cuts to the HUSKY program.
Email: kvilleda@husky4immigrants.org
MUTUAL AID/Ayuda Mutua
What: Collects financial donations, food and household goods for families in need.
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Facebook/Instagram: @norwalkmutialaid
Most Helpful Now: Financial Donations for Housing/Legal Assistance
*Food and clothing pantry responding to periodic requests received from Norwalk residents in need. Periodic clothing drives with Triangle Community Center, and “driveway food distribution" with St. Paul's. If you are able to help, please contact norwalkmutualaid@gmail.com to receive further information.
SNUI Mutual Aid
Collect, re-pack and deliver essential food every Friday to 100s of families in need, in Norwalk, Bridgeport and Stamford. If you are able to help, please contact snuimutualaid@proton.me to receive further information.
BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY
What: The center for immigrant opportunity in Stamford. Several support services.
Website: https://b1c.org/about/
5Calls.Org AKA The 5 Calls App
What: Website and downloadable phone app to make scripted calls on daily issues to your local representatives
Website: https://5calls.org/
NORWALK COMMUNITY SERVICES HUB
What: A central hub for city resources and information for any human service needs from aging, to housing assistance.
Phone: 203-854-7999
Website: https://www.norwalkct.gov/1898/Community-Services